Bitola is a municipality in southern 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...

. Bitola

Bitola

Bitola is a city in the southwestern part of the Republic of Macedonia. The city is an administrative, cultural, industrial, commercial, and educational centre. It is located in the southern part of the Pelagonia valley, surrounded by the Baba and Nidže mountains, 14 km north of the...

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

Pelagonia statistical region

The Pelagonia Statistical Region is one of eight arbitrary statistical regions in the Republic of Macedonia. It is located in southwestern part of the country along the eponymous plain. It borders Greece and Albania...

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Geography

Bitola Municipality borders Demir Hisar Municipality

Demir Hisar municipality

Demir Hisar is a municipality in southwestern Republic of Macedonia. Demir Hisar, which means "iron fortress" in Turkish, is also the name of the town where the municipal seat is found...

 to the north, Mogila Municipality

Mogila municipality

Mogila is a municipality in south-central Republic of Macedonia. Mogila is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found. Mogila Municipality is part of the Pelagonia Statistical Region.-Geography:...

 to the northeast, Resen Municipality

Resen municipality

Resen is a municipality in southwestern Republic of Macedonia. Resen is also the name of the town where the municipal seat is found. Resen Municipality is located in the Pelagonia Statistical Region.-Geography:...

 to the west, Krivogaštani

Krivogaštani municipality

Krivogaštani is a municipality in western Republic of Macedonia. Krivogaštani is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found...

 to the southeast and Greece

Greece

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 to the south.

The municipality extends through the Pelagonia

Pelagonia

This is about the geographical plain between Greece and the Republic of Macedonia. For the political unit in Macedonia, go to Pelagonia Statistical Region....

 valley reaching the highest points of Baba Mountain. The Reka Crna

Reka Crna

The Crna is river in the Republic of Macedonia, right tributary of the Vardar. It runs though much of the south and west of the country. Its source is in the mountains of western Macedonia, west of Kruševo. It flows through the village Sopotnica, and southwards through the plains east of Bitola...

 runs through the municipality.

Demographics

The population of the municipality is 105,644.

According to the last national Macedonian census the majority in the municipality is represented by the 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...

 - 94,538, followed by the Albanians

Albanians

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 - 4219, Roma - 2619, Turks

Turkish people

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 - 1866, Bosniaks

Bosniaks

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 - 21, Serbs

Serbs

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 - 550, Vlachs

Vlachs

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 - 1271 and 560 citizens are others.

By the 2003 territorial division of the republic, the rural Bistrica Municipality and Capari Municipality were attached to Bitola Municipality. Without these two municipalities the population of the municipality was 86,176 according to the national census of 1994, and 86,480 at the last census. The population of the defunct Bistrica Municipality in 1994 was 5,779, and according to the last census was 5,042. The population of the former Capari Municipality in 1994 was 1,793, and according to the last census was 1,424.

Inhabited places

The number of the inhabited places in the municipality is 66. There is one city and 65 villages.

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Inhabited places in Bitola Municipality

Villages: Barešani | Bistrica | Bratin Dol | Brusnik | Bukovo Bukovo Bukovo is a village in the Bitola municipality near the town of Bitola in the Republic of Macedonia. The village is famous for its very spicy paprika.-History:...  | Velušina | Gabalavci | Gopeš | Gorno Egri | Gorno Orizari Gorno Orizari Gorno Orizari is a settlement within the Bitola Municipality of the Republic of Macedonia. Originally a village, it is now a suburb of the wider city...  | Graešnica | Dihovo Dihovo Dihovo is a village about seven kilometers away from Bitola, which is the second largest city in Macedonia....  | Dolenci Dolenci Dolenci is a village in the Municipality of Šalovci in the Prekmurje region of Slovenia, on the border with Hungary.The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Nicholas and belongs to the Murska Sobota Diocese. The original parts of the church date to 1331, but it was expanded in the...  | Dolno Egri | Dolno Orizari | Dragarino | Dragožani | Dragoš Dragoš Dragoš was a 14th-century Serbian nobleman who`s daughter was married to the Bulgarian Despot of Vidin Shishman, through an alliance formed by victorious Serbian King Stefan Milutin .-References:*...  | Drevenik Drevenik Drevenik is a settlement on the southern slopes of Mount Boč in the Rogaška Slatina Municipality in eastern Slovenia. The area traditionally belonged to the Styria region and is now included in the Savinjska statistical region....  | Gjavato | Žabeni | Zlokukjani | Kažani | Kanino | Karamani | Kišava Kišava Kišava is a small village in the municipality of Bitola. It is in the district of Bitola. It is located about 20 km south of Bitola and is accessed by narrow mountainous roads. The main road that links this village to the near city needs maintenance. It was built in the 1970s...  | Kravari | Krklino | Kremenica Kremenica Kremenica is a settlement immediately to the southeast of Ig in central Slovenia. The entire Ig municipality is part of the traditional region of Inner Carniola. It is included in the Central Slovenia statistical region....  | Krstoar | Kukurečani Kukurečani Kukurečani is a village in the Bitola Municipality of Macedonia. It is situated along the main road between Bitola and Demir Hisar . Its FIPS code was MK56.- References :...  | Medgitlija | Nižepole | Novo Zmirnovo | Oblakovo | Oleveni | Optičari | Orehovo Orehovo Orehovo is a settlement in the Sevnica municipality in central Slovenia. It lies on the left bank of the river Sava to the northwest of Sevnica. The area was traditionally part of Lower Styria. The municipality is now included in the Lower Sava statistical region.-External links:*...  | Ostrec | Poeševo | Porodin Porodin Porodin is a village in the municipality of Žabari, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 2036 people.-References:...  | Ramna | Raštani | Rotino | Svinište | Sekirani | Snegovo | Sredno Egri | Srpci | Staro Zmirnovo | Streževo | Trn | Trnovo | Capari Capari Capari is a village in Macedonia. It was formerly a municipality center, but is now within the Bitola municipality.-External links:**...  | Crnobuki | Crnovec | Lavci Lavci Lavci is a village in the Bitola Municipality, Republic of Macedonia near the City of Bitola. It is located on Baba mountain connecting with Bitola with the road "Lavchanski pat" .-References:... City: Bitola Bitola Bitola is a city in the southwestern part of the Republic of Macedonia. The city is an administrative, cultural, industrial, commercial, and educational centre. It is located in the southern part of the Pelagonia valley, surrounded by the Baba and Nidže mountains, 14 km north of the...

External links

• Official website