Makedonski Brod 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...

, named after the town of Makedonski Brod

Makedonski Brod

Makedonski Brod is a town in the central part of the country, on the south-eastern part of Suva Gora, western Karadžica and south-western Dautica mountains. The town is the seat of Makedonski Brod Municipality.-Geography:...

, where the municipal seat is located. Makedonski Brod Municipality is part of the Southwestern Statistical Region

Southwestern statistical region

The Southwestern Statistical Region is one of eight arbitrary statistical regions in the Republic of Macedonia. Southwestern, located in the west and southwestern part of the country, borders Albania to the west...

.

Geography

The municipality borders Želino Municipality

Želino municipality

Želino is a municipality in northwestern Republic of Macedonia. Želino is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found. This municipality is part of the Polog Statistical Region.-Geography:...

 and Brvenica Municipality

Brvenica municipality

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

 to the north, Studeničani

Studenicani municipality

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

 and Sopište

Sopište municipality

Sopište is a municipality in northern Republic of Macedonia. Sopište is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found. It is located in the Skopje Statistical Region.-Geography:...

 municipalities to the northeast, Čaška

Caška municipality

Čaška is a municipality in central Republic of Macedonia. Čaška is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found. This municipality is part of the Vardar Statistical Region.-Geography:...

 and Dolneni

Dolneni municipality

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

 municipalities to the southeast, Kruševo

Kruševo municipality

Kruševo is a municipality in central Republic of Macedonia. Kruševo is also the name of the town where the municipal seat is found. This municipality is part of the Pelagonia Statistical Region.-Geography:...

 and Vraneštica

Vraneštica municipality

Vraneštica is a municipality in western Republic of Macedonia. Vraneštica is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found. This municipality is part of Southwestern Statistical Region.-Demographics:...

 municipalities to the south, Plasnica

Plasnica municipality

Plasnica is a municipality in western Republic of Macedonia. Plasnica is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found. Plasnica Municipality is part of the Southwestern Statistical Region...

 and Oslomej

Oslomej municipality

Oslomej is a municipality in western Republic of Macedonia. Oslomej is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found. Oslomej Municipality is part of the Southwestern Statistical Region.-Geography:...

 municipalities to the southwest, and Gostivar Municipality

Gostivar municipality

Gostivar is a municipality in western Republic of Macedonia. Gostivar is also the name of the town where the municipal seat is found. Gostivar Municipality is part of the Polog Statistical Region.-Geography:...

 to the northwest.

The municipality includes the Kozjak Hydro Power Plant

Kozjak Hydro Power Plant

Kozjak Hydro Power Plant is a large hydroelectric power plant on the river Treska which creates an artificial lake Kozjak, the largest in Republic of Macedonia...

 and the associated artificial lake, the largest such lake in the country.

Demographics

By the August 2004 territorial division of Macedonia, the rural Samokov Municipality was attached to Makedonski Brod Municipality, which then totaled 7,141 inhabitants. Before the merge, the municipality of Makedonski Brod had 5,517 inhabitants in 1994 and 5,558 in 2002. Samokov Municipality had 2,057 inhabitants in 1994 and 1,553 in 2002. Ethnic groups in the municipality:

• 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...
  
  : 6,927 (97.0%)
• Turks: 181 (2.5%)
• Others: 33 (0.5%)

Inhabited places

Inhabited places in Makedonski Brod Municipality

villages: Belica Belica Belica is a village and municipality in Međimurje County, the northernmost county of Croatia. The municipality seat is in the village of Belica, located around 5 kilometres east of Čakovec, the largest city of Međimurje County....  | Benče Bence Bence is a Hungarian masculine given name from the Latin Vincentinus. Its original form was Bencenc. This name has been gaining popularity since the 1990s....  | Bitovo Bitovo Bitovo is a village in the Republic of Macedonia. It is situated in the Makedonski Brod municipality, in the Poreche District. The population of the village is 60 people ....  | Blizansko | Breznica | Brest | Vir | Volče | Gorni Manastirec | Gorno Botušje | Gorno Krušje | Grešnica | Devič | Dolni Manastirec | Dolno Botušje | Dolno Krušje | Dragov Dol | Drenovo | Zagrad | Zvečan | Zdunje | Zrkle | Ižište | Inče Ince Ince is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is situated immediately to the east of the Stanlow Oil Refinery. It shares Ince and Elton railway station with the village of Elton, which it runs into...  | Kalagurec | Kovač | Kovče | Kosovo | Krapa | Latovo | Lokvica Lokvica Lokvica is a settlement in the Miren-Kostanjevica Municipality in the Littoral region of Slovenia next to the border with Italy.-External links:*...  | Lupište | Mogilec | Modrište | Oreovec | Ramne | Rasteš | Rusjaci | Samokov | Slansko | Slatina | Staro Selo Staro Selo Staro Selo is a Slavic toponym meaning "old village" and may refer to the following villages:*Staro Selo , in Bosnia and Herzegovina*Staro Selo , in Bosnia and Herzegovina*Staro Selo , in Bosnia and Herzegovina...  | Suvodol Suvodol Suvodol is a village in the municipality of Smederevo, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 849 people.-References:...  | Sušica Sušica -Populated places:*Şuşiţa, a village in Romania*Sušica, the name of several villages in Macedonia*Sušica, a village near Kruševac, Serbia*Sušica, a village near Sjenica, Serbia*Sušica, a village in the municipality of Valjevo, Kolubara District, Serbia...  | Taževo | Tomino Selo | Topolnica Topolnica Topoľnica is a village and municipality in Galanta District of the Trnava Region of south-west Slovakia.-Geography:The municipality lies at an elevation of 119 metres and covers an area of 10.475 km². It has a population of about 832 people....  | Trebino | Trebovlje | Crešnevo Towns: Makedonski Brod Makedonski Brod Makedonski Brod is a town in the central part of the country, on the south-eastern part of Suva Gora, western Karadžica and south-western Dautica mountains. The town is the seat of Makedonski Brod Municipality.-Geography:...

External links

• Official website