Kočani is a municipality in eastern 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...

. Kočani

Kocani

Kočani is a town away from Skopje, situated in the Eastern part of the Republic of Macedonia, with population of 28 330. The town of Kočani is the seat of Kočani Municipality.-Geography and population:...

is also the name of the town where the municipal seat is found. The municipality is part of the Eastern Statistical Region

Eastern statistical region

The Eastern Statistical Region is one of eight arbitrary statistical regions in the Republic of Macedonia. Eastern, located in the eastern part of the country, borders Bulgaria...

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Geography

The municipality borders Kriva Palanka Municipality

Kriva Palanka municipality

Kriva Palanka is a municipality in eastern Republic of Macedonia. Kriva Palanka is also the name of the town where the municipal seat is found...

 to the north, Kratovo Municipality

Kratovo municipality

Kratovo is a municipality in eastern Republic of Macedonia. Kratovo is also the name of the town where the municipal seat is found. Kratovo Municipality is part of the Northeastern Statistical Region.-Geography:...

 and Probištip Municipality

Probištip municipality

Probištip is a municipality in eastern Republic of Macedonia. Probištip is also the name of the town where the municipal seat is found. This municipality is part of the Eastern Statistical Region.-Geography:...

 to the west, Makedonska Kamenica Municipality

Makedonska Kamenica municipality

Makedonska Kamenica is a municipality in eastern Republic of Macedonia. Makedonska Kamenica is also the name of the town where the municipal seat is found...

 and Vinica Municipality

Vinica municipality

Vinica is a municipality in eastern Republic of Macedonia. Vinica is also the name of the town where the municipal seat is found. Vinica Municipality is part of the Eastern Statistical Region.-Geography:...

 to the east, and Češinovo-Obleševo Municipality

Cešinovo-Obleševo municipality

Češinovo-Obleševo is a municipality in eastern Republic of Macedonia. The seat of the municipality is the village of Obleševo. Češinovo-Obleševo is part of the Eastern Statistical Region.-Geography:...

 and Zrnovci Municipality

Zrnovci municipality

Zrnovci is a municipality in eastern Republic of Macedonia. Zrnovci is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found. Zrnovci Municipality is part of the Eastern Statistical Region.-Geography:...

 to the south.

History

By the 2003 territorial division of the Republic, the rural Orizari Municipality was attached to Kočani Municipality.

Demographics

There are 38,092 residents of Kočani Municipality, according to the 2002 census. Ethnic groups in the Kočani municipality:

• Macedonians = 35,472 (93.1%)
• Roma = 1,951 (5.1%)
• Turks = 315 (0.8%)
• others.

	Demographics of Kočani Municipality
Census year	Population			| Territorial Division 2003
1994	32,051
				38 092
2002	33,689

Demographics of the former Orizari Municipality
Census year Census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...	Population
1994	4,724
2002	4,403

Settlements

Inhabited places in Kočani Municipality

villages: Bezikovo (Безиково) | Beli (Бели) | Vraninci (Вранинци) | Gorni Podlog (Горни Подлог) | Gorno Gradče (Горно Градче) | Glavovica (Главовица) | Grdovci (Грдовци) | Dolni Podlog (Долни Подлог) | Dolno Gradče (Долно Градче) | Jastrebnik (Јастребник) | Kostin Dol (Костин Дол) | Leški (Лешки) | Mojanci Selo (Мојанци) | Nebojanci (Небојани) | Nivičani (Нивичани) | Novo Selo (Ново Село) | Orizari (Оризари) Orizari Orizari is a region within the city of Bitola, located in theRepublic of Macedonia. Orizari consistsof Gorno Orizari and Dolno Orizari .Most of the population of the Orizari regions are populated with...  | Pantelej (Пантелеј) | Pašaďikovo (Пашаџиково) | Polaki (Полаки) Polaki (Kočani) Polaki is a village in the Kočani Municipality of the Republic of Macedonia.-External links:*...  | Preseka (Пресека) | Pribačevo (Прибачево) | Pripor (Припор) | Rajčani (Рајчани) Rajcani Rajčani is a village in the Kočani region of Macedonia.Closely to the village, at the area of Svilanovo, on 27th of April 1905 in fighting with Turk's asker Nikola Karev was killed. He was president of Krusevo Republic, first republic on Balcans at that period....  | Rečani (Речани) | Trkanje (Тркање) | Crvena Niva (Црвена Нива) | Town: Kočani (Кочани) Kocani Kočani is a town away from Skopje, situated in the Eastern part of the Republic of Macedonia, with population of 28 330. The town of Kočani is the seat of Kočani Municipality.-Geography and population:...

External links

• Official website