Štip ( mk, Штип ) is a municipality in eastern

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 Socialist Feder ...

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Štip Štip ( mk, Штип ) is the largest urban agglomeration in the eastern part of North Macedonia, serving as the economic, industrial, entertainment and educational focal point for the surrounding municipalities. As of the 2002 census, the city ...

'' is also the name of the town where the municipal seat is found. This municipality is part of the Eastern Statistical Region.

Geography

Štip Municipality covers an area of 583.24 km². The river

Bregalnica Bregalnica (, ) is the second largest river in North Macedonia. It starts as a spring near the mountain city of Berovo and it passes near the cities of Makedonska Kamenica, Kočani, Vinica and Štip, before joining the river Vardar on its way ...

runs through the municipality. The municipality borders * Probištip Municipality and

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to the north, *

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and

Karbinci Karbinci ( mk, ) is a village in North Macedonia. It is a seat of the Karbinci municipality. Demographics According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 673 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:Macedonian Census (2002) '' ...

municipalities to the east, *

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and Gradsko municipalities to the west, and *

Konče Municipality Konče ( mk, ) is a municipality in the eastern part of North Macedonia. '' Konče'' is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found. This municipality is part of the Southeastern Statistical Region. Located below the slopes o ...

to the south.

Demographics

At the census of 2002 the municipality had 47,796 residents.2002 census results
in English and Macedonian (PDF) At the census taken in 1994 the number of inhabitants was 46,372. Most of them live in the municipality center

, approximately 41,000, while the rest live in villages. Ethnic groups in the municipality: * Macedonians = 41,670 (87.2%) *

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= 2,195 (4.6%) *

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= 2,074 (4.3%) *

Turks Turk or Turks may refer to: Communities and ethnic groups * Turkic peoples, a collection of ethnic groups who speak Turkic languages * Turkish people, or the Turks, a Turkic ethnic group and nation * Turkish citizen, a citizen of the Republic ...

= 1,272 (2.7%)

Inhabited places

The number of the inhabited places in the municipality is 44.

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Stip Municipality Municipalities of North Macedonia