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Debarca Municipality

Debarca Municipality

Municipality of North Macedonia

Debarca (Macedonian: Дебарцаⓘ) is a municipality in the Southwestern Statistical Region of North Macedonia. The village of Belčišta is the municipal seat. It is the municipality in which Ohrid "St. Paul the Apostle" Airport is located, the second of two international airports in the county.

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Geography

The municipality borders Kičevo Municipality to the northeast, Demir Hisar Municipality to the east, Ohrid Municipality to the south, and Struga Municipality to the west.

The municipality encompasses the Debarca Valley, part of the Sateska River watershed that flows into Lake Ohrid and belongs to the Lake Ohrid Drainage Basin.

The majority of the villages are nestled between the Karaorman Mountain in the west and Ilinska Mountain in the east.

Demographics

The municipality consists of 30 villages.

According to the last national census from 2021 this municipality has 3,719 inhabitants.

2002 2021
Number % Number %
TOTAL 5,507 100 3,719 100
Macedonians 5,324 96.7 3,330 89.54
Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources n/a n/a 316 8.5
Albanians 153 2.8 59 1.59
Turks / / 2 0.05
others 30 0.5 12 0.32

References

  1. [1]
    Local Elections 2021 – Mayor of Debarca. State Election Commission.

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