The Vardar Statistical Region is one of eight arbitrary statistical regions in the Republic of Macedonia

Republic of Macedonia

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. Vardar, located in the central part of Macedonia, borders Greece

Greece

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 to the south. Internally, it borders the Pelagonia

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...

, Southwestern

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...

, Skopje

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...

, Southeastern

Southeastern statistical region

The Southeastern Statistical Region is one of eight arbitrary statistical regions in the Republic of Macedonia. Southeastern, located in the southeastern part of the country, borders Greece and Bulgaria...

, and Eastern

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...

. The Vardar Statistical Region is named after the Vardar River, which runs through the region.

Municipalities

Vardar statistical region is divided into 9 municipalities:

• 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:...
  
  
• Demir Kapija
  Demir Kapija municipality
  Demir Kapija is a municipality in southern Republic of Macedonia. Demir Kapija, which means "iron door" or "iron gate" in Turkish, is also the name of the town where the municipal seat is found...
  
  
• Gradsko
  Gradsko municipality
  Gradsko is a municipality in eastern Republic of Macedonia. Gradsko is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found. Gradsko Municipality is part of the Vardar Statistical Region.-Geography:...
  
  
• Kavadarci
  Kavadarci municipality
  Kavadarci is a municipality in southern Republic of Macedonia. Kavadarci is also the name of the town where the municipal seat is found. Kavadarci Municipality is part of the Vardar Statistical Region.-Geography:...
  
  
• Lozovo
  Lozovo municipality
  Lozovo is a municipality in eastern Republic of Macedonia. Lozovo is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found. Lozovo Municipality is part of the Eastern Statistical Region.-Geography:...
  
  
• Negotino
  Negotino municipality
  Negotino is a municipality in eastern Republic of Macedonia. Negotino is also the name of the town where the municipal seat is found. Negotino Municipality is part of Vardar Statistical Region.-Geography:...
  
  
• Rosoman
  Rosoman municipality
  Rosoman is a municipality in central Republic of Macedonia. Rosoman is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found. Rosoman Municipality is part of the Vardar Statistical Region.-Geography:...
  
  
• Sveti Nikole
  Sveti Nikole municipality
  Sveti Nikole is a municipality in eastern Republic of Macedonia. Sveti Nikole is also the name of the town where the municipal seat is found...
  
  
• Veles
  Veles municipality
  Veles is a municipality in central Republic of Macedonia. Veles is also the name of the town where the municipal seat is found. Veles Municipality is part of the Vardar Statistical Region.-Geography:...
  
  

Geography

The Vardar Statistical Region is bisected by the Vardar River and is bounded to the south by Greece

Greece

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. The region is flatter than most of the rest of the country.

Demographics

Population

The current population of the Vardar Statistical Region is 154,535 citizens, according to the last population census in 2002, making it the least populous of the eight statistical regions.

Census year	Population	Change
1994	130,793	N/A
2002	154,535	+18.2%

Ethnicities

The largest ethnic group in the region is 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...

.

	Number	%
TOTAL	154,535	100
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...	137,520	89.0
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...	5,127	3.3
Turks Turkish people Turkish people, also known as the "Turks" , are an ethnic group primarily living in Turkey and in the former lands of the Ottoman Empire where Turkish minorities had been established in Bulgaria, Cyprus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Greece, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Romania...	3,026	2.0
Bosniaks Bosniaks The Bosniaks or Bosniacs are a South Slavic ethnic group, living mainly in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a smaller minority also present in other lands of the Balkan Peninsula especially in Serbia, Montenegro and Croatia...	2,871	1.9
Serbs Serbs The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...	1,386	0.9
Roma	1,259	0.8
other	3,346	2.2