Zajas Municipality

Zajas municipality Општина Зајас Komuna e Zajazit
Municipality
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Country	Republic of Macedonia
region	Southwestern Statistical Region
Municipal seat	Zajas
Population
• Total	11,605
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
Split from	Kičevo Municipality in 1996
Merged into	Kičevo Municipality in 2013

Zajas (Macedonian:  Зајас , Albanian: Zajaz) is a former municipality in western Republic of Macedonia, created in the 1996 territorial organisation, dissolved following 2013 Macedonian new territorial organisation after it was merged with Kičevo Municipality.^[1]

• Zajas is also the name of the village where the municipal seat was found.
  • Zajas Municipality was part of the Southwestern Statistical Region.

Geography

The municipality bordered

• Mavrovo and Rostuša Municipality to the west,
• Gostivar Municipality to the northeast,
• Oslomej Municipality to the east,
• Kičevo Municipality to the southeast, and
• Drugovo Municipality to the southwest.

Demographics

According to the last national census from 2002, this municipality has 11,605 inhabitants.^[2]

• Ethnic groups in the municipality include:
  • Albanians = 11,308 (97.4%)
  • Macedonians = 211 (1.8%)
  • others = 86 (0.7%)

The total number of students in the municipality in 2011, in comparison to the total number of students in 2007, declined for 35.5%. Zajas is the second municipality in Macedonia by the decline of the total number of students.^[3]

References

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Coordinates: 41°35′N 20°56′E / 41.59°N 20.94°E / 41.59; 20.94