Aračinovo Municipality

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Aračinovo Municipality (Macedonian: Арачиново [araˈtʃinɔvɔ] , Albanian: Komuna e Haraçinës) is a municipality in the northern part 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
Flag of Aračinovo Municipality
Official logo of Aračinovo Municipality
Location of Aračinovo Municipality
Country North Macedonia
Region Skopje
Municipal seatAračinovo
Government
 • MayorRidvan Ibraimi (DUI)
Area
 • Total
31.3 km2 (12.1 sq mi)
Population
 • Total
12,676
 • Density370.51/km2 (959.6/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
Area code02
car platesSK
WebsiteOfficial Website

Geography

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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 inhabited places in Aračinovo Municipality is 4.

Demographics

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The 1994 national census recorded 9,960 inhabitants, while the 2021 North Macedonia census recorded 12,676 inhabitants.

The ethnic structure of the municipality in 2021 was: 12,353 (97.45%) Albanians and 2.55% others.[1]

Demographics of Aračinovo Municipality
Census year Population

1994 9,960

2002 11,597

2021 12,676
2002 2021
Number % Number %
TOTAL 11,597 100 12,676 100
Albanians 10,879 93.81 12,353 97.45
Macedonians 596 5.14 7 0.06
Bosniaks 65 0.56 4 0.03
Vlachs 1 0.01
Serbs 10 0.1
Other / Undeclared / Unknown 46 0.38 2 0.01
Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 310 2.45

Inhabited places

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There are 4 inhabited places in this municipality.

Inhabited Places Total Macedonians Albanians Turks Roma Aromanians Serbs Bosnians Others
Aračinovo Municipality 12,676 7 12,353 - - - - 4 312
Aračinovo 7.991 4 7.777 - - - - - 210
Grušino 883 2 854 - - - - - 27
Mojanci 2.912 1 2.865 - - - - - 46
Orlanci 890 - 857 - - - - 4 29

References

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  1. ^ "Попис на населението, домаќинствата и становите во Република Северна Македонија, 2021 - прв сет на податоци" (PDF). stat.gov.mk. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
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