The Southwestern Statistical Region (; ) is one of eight

statistical regions of North Macedonia North Macedonia is divided into eight statistical regions. Regions See also *List of regions of North Macedonia by Human Development Index *Municipalities of North Macedonia References

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. Southwestern, located in the western part of the country, sharing

Ohrid Lake Lake Ohrid is a lake which straddles the mountainous border between the southwestern part of North Macedonia and eastern Albania. It is one of Europe's deepest and oldest lakes, with a unique aquatic ecosystem of worldwide importance, with more th ...

with its westerly border

Albania Albania ( ; or ), officially the Republic of Albania (), is a country in Southeast Europe. It is located in the Balkans, on the Adriatic Sea, Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea, and shares land borders with Montenegro to ...

. Internally, it borders the Pelagonia, Polog,

Skopje Skopje ( , ; ; , sq-definite, Shkupi) is the capital and largest city of North Macedonia. It lies in the northern part of the country, in the Skopje Basin, Skopje Valley along the Vardar River, and is the political, economic, and cultura ...

, and

Vardar The Vardar (; , , ) or Axios (, ) is the longest river in North Macedonia and a major river in Greece, where it reaches the Aegean Sea at Thessaloniki. It is long, out of which are in Greece, and drains an area of around . The maximum depth of ...

statistical regions.

Municipalities

The Southwestern Statistical Region is divided into nine municipalities: *

Centar Župa Centar Župa (; ) is a village and seat in the Municipalities of North Macedonia, municipality of Centar Župa Municipality, Centar Župa, North Macedonia. The town is inhabited mainly by Turkish people, Turks. Demographics Centar Župa is a new v ...

* Debar * Debarca * Kičevo * Makedonski Brod *

Ohrid Ohrid ( ) is a city in North Macedonia and is the seat of the Ohrid Municipality. It is the largest city on Lake Ohrid and the eighth-largest city in the country, with the municipality recording a population of over 42,000 inhabitants as of ...

* Plasnica *

Struga Struga ( ; , sq-definite, Struga) is a town and popular tourist destination situated in the south-western region of North Macedonia, lying on the shore of Lake Ohrid. The town of Struga is the seat of Struga Municipality. Name The name Struga ...

Vevčani Vevčani () is a village in North Macedonia. It is the only settlement and seat of Vevčani Municipality. Geography The village of Vevčani is found in the southwestern range at the foot of the Jablanica (mountain range), Jablanica mountain ...

Population

The current population of the Southwestern statistical region is 177,398 citizens, according to the last population census in 2021.

Ethnicities

Ethnic groups in the Southwestern Region of North Macedonia en

The largest ethnic group in the region are the Macedonian, followed by the

Albanians The Albanians are an ethnic group native to the Balkan Peninsula who share a common Albanian ancestry, Albanian culture, culture, Albanian history, history and Albanian language, language. They are the main ethnic group of Albania and Kosovo, ...

and Turks.

Religions

Religious affiliation according to the 2002 and 2021 North Macedonia censuses:

References

External links

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