Tearce Municipality

Tearce (Macedonian: Теарце [ˈtɛ.artsɛ] (listen), Albanian: Tearcë) is a municipality in northwestern North Macedonia. Tearce is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found. Tearce Municipality is part of the Polog Statistical Region.

Municipality of Tearce

Општина Теарце
Komuna e Tearcës
Rural municipality
Coat of arms
Country North Macedonia
RegionPolog
Municipal seatTearce
Government
 • MayorIsen Asani (DUI)
Area
 • Total136.54 km2 (52.72 sq mi)
Population
 • Total22.454
 • Density164.45/km2 (425.9/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
Area code(s)044
car platesТЕ
WebsiteOfficial Website

Geography

The municipality borders Kosovo to the north, Jegunovce Municipality to the east and south, and Tetovo Municipality to the west.

Demographics

According to the 2002 Macedonian census, this municipality has 22,454 inhabitants.[1] Ethnic groups in the municipality:

  • Albanians = 18,950 (84.4%)
  • Macedonians = 2,739 (12.2%)
  • Turks = 516 (2.3%)
  • others.
Demographics of Brvenica Municipality
Census yearPopulation
199420,797
200222,454

References
  1. 2002 census results in English and Macedonian (PDF)

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