Aračinovo Municipality

Aračinovo Municipality (Macedonian: Арачиново [araˈtʃinɔvɔ] (listen), Albanian: Komuna e Haraçinës) is a municipality in the northern part of Republic of North Macedonia. Aračinovo is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found. The municipality is located in the Skopje Statistical Region.

Aračinovo Municipality

Општина Арачиново
Komuna e Haraçinës
Rural municipality
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Coat of arms
Country North Macedonia
Region Skopje
Municipal seatAračinovo
Government
 • MayorMilikije Halimi (SDSM)
Area
 • Total31.3 km2 (12.1 sq mi)
Population
 • Total11,597
 • Density370.51/km2 (959.6/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
Area code(s)02
car platesSK
WebsiteOfficial Website

Geography

Aračinovo Municipality borders with Lipkovo Municipality to the north, the City of Skopje to the west, Petrovec Municipality to the south and Kumanovo Municipality to the east. The municipality is rural, meaning that all the inhabited places within it are villages. The number of the inhabited places in Aračinovo Municipality is 5.

Demographics

The 1994 national census recorded 9,960 inhabitants, while the last national census of 2002 recorded 11,597 inhabitants.[1]

The ethnic structure of the municipality is the following: 10,879 (93.8%) are Albanians, 596 (5.1%) are Macedonians, and 1.1% other.

Demographics of Aračinovo Municipality
Census yearPopulation
19949,960
200211,992

References
  1. 2002 census results in English and Macedonian (PDF)

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