Aračinovo is a municipality in northern Republic of Macedonia

Republic of Macedonia

Macedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...

. Aračinovo

Aracinovo

Aračinovo is a village in the Republic of Macedonia, west of Skopje. It is the seat of Aračinovo Municipality. Aračinovo is one of the larger villages in Republic of Macedonia with a population of about 7,000....

is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found. The municipality is located in the Skopje Statistical Region

Skopje statistical region

The Skopje Statistical Region is one of eight arbitrary statistical regions in the Republic of Macedonia. Skopje, located in northern Macedonia, borders Kosovo to the north...

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Geography

Aračinovo Municipality borders Lipkovo Municipality

Lipkovo municipality

Lipkovo is a municipality in northern Republic of Macedonia. Lipkovo is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found. Lipkovo Municipality is part of the Northeastern Statistical Region.-Geography:...

 to the north, the City of Skopje

Skopje

Skopje is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Macedonia with about a third of the total population. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre...

 to the west, Petrovec Municipality

Petrovec municipality

The Municipality of Petrovec is a municipality in northern Republic of Macedonia, near the capital Skopje. Petrovec is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found...

 to the south and Kumanovo Municipality

Kumanovo municipality

Kumanovo is a municipality in northern Republic of Macedonia. Kumanovo is also the name of the city where the municipal seat is found. Kumanovo Municipality is part of the Northeastern Statistical Region.-Geography:...

 to the east.

Demographics

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

The ethnic structure of the municipality is the following: 10,879 (93.8%) are Albanians

Albanians

Albanians are a nation and ethnic group native to Albania and neighbouring countries. They speak the Albanian language. More than half of all Albanians live in Albania and Kosovo...

, 596 (5.1%) are Macedonians

Macedonians (ethnic group)

The Macedonians also referred to as Macedonian Slavs: "... the term Slavomacedonian was introduced and was accepted by the community itself, which at the time had a much more widespread non-Greek Macedonian ethnic consciousness...

, and 1.1% other.

Demographics of Aračinovo Municipality
Census year	Population
1994	9,960
2002	11,992

Inhabited places

The municipality is rural

Rural municipality

A rural municipality, often abbreviated RM, is a form of municipality in the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Saskatchewan, perhaps best comparable to counties or townships in the western United States...

, meaning that all the inhabited places within it are villages. The number of the inhabited places in Aračinovo Municipality is 4.

Inhabited places in Aračinovo Municipality

village(s) Village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New... : Aračinovo Aracinovo Aračinovo is a village in the Republic of Macedonia, west of Skopje. It is the seat of Aračinovo Municipality. Aračinovo is one of the larger villages in Republic of Macedonia with a population of about 7,000....  | Grušino | Mojanci | Orlanci