Veles ( mk, Велес ) is a municipality in central part of
North Macedonia
North Macedonia, ; sq, Maqedonia e Veriut, (Macedonia before February 2019), officially the Republic of North Macedonia,, is a country in Southeast Europe. It gained independence in 1991 as one of the successor states of Yugoslavia. It ...
. ''
Veles'' is also the name of the city where the municipal seat is found. Veles Municipality is part of the
Vardar Statistical Region
The Vardar Statistical Region ( mk, Вардарски Регион) is one of eight statistical regions of North Macedonia. Vardar, located in the central part of North Macedonia, borders Greece to the south. Internally, it borders the Pelagonia, ...
.
Geography
The municipality borders
Čaška Municipality
Čaška ( mk, , sq, Çashkë) is a municipality in the central part of North Macedonia. '' Čaška'' is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is located. This municipality is part of the Vardar Statistical Region.
Geography
T ...
and
Zelenikovo Municipality
Zelenikovo Municipality ( mk, ) is a municipality in the central part of North Macedonia. The municipal seat is located in the village Zelenikovo. The municipality is located in the Skopje Statistical Region.
Geography
The municipality borders ...
to the west,
Petrovec Municipality
The Municipality of Petrovec ( mk, Петровец, ''Petrovec''; sq, Ibrahimovë) is a municipality in northern North Macedonia, near the capital Skopje. '' Petrovec'' is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found. It is lo ...
to the north, and
Gradsko,
Lozovo, and
Sveti Nikole
Sveti Nikole ( mk, Свети Николе ; meaning ''Saint Nicholas''; rup, San Nicole) is a town in North Macedonia. It is the seat of Sveti Nikole Municipality and a center of a plain called Ovče Pole (''Plain of sheep''), famous for sheep ...
municipalities to the east. There are 28 populated locations, one town and 27 villages.
Demographics
According to the last national census from 2021, this municipality had 48,463 inhabitants. At the census of 1994, it had 56,571 inhabitants.
References
External links
Official website
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Municipalities of North Macedonia