Drugovo Municipality

Drugovo () is a former municipality in western North Macedonia, created in the 1996 territorial organisation and dissolved following the 2013 Macedonian new territorial organisation, after it was merged with Kičevo Municipality.

• Drugovo is also the name of the village where the municipal seat was found.
• Drugovo Municipality was part of the Southwestern Statistical Region.
• The last mayor of the municipality was Dobre Nikoski.

Geography

The municipality bordered

• Debar Municipality to the west,
• Mavrovo and RostuÅ¡a Municipality to the northwest,
• Zajas Municipality to the northeast,
• Kičevo Municipality, VraneÅ¡tica Municipality, Plasnica Municipality, and KruÅ¡evo Municipality to the east,
• Demir Hisar Municipality to the southeast, and
• Debarca Municipality to the southwest.

Demographics

According to the last national census from 2002, Drugovo Municipality has 3,249 inhabitants.

• Ethnic groups in the municipality include:
• Macedonians = 2,784 (85.7%)
• Turks = 292 (9.0%)
• Albanians = 155 (4.8%)
• others = 18 (0.6%)

The total number of students in the municipality in 2011, in comparison to the total number of students in 2007, declined for about 30%. Drugovo is the third municipality in North Macedonia by the decline of the total number of students.

Inhabited places

Settlements in the municipality include

• Belica, Brzhdani, Vidrani, Grand Crsko,
• Upper Dushegubica, Dobrenoec Upper,
• Lower Dushegubica, Lower Dobrenoec,
• Drugovo, Ehloec, Ivanchishta, Source,
• Javorec, Judovo, Kladnik, Klenoec, Kozica,
• Lavchani, Malkoec, Malo Crsko,
• Monastery Dolenci, Podvis, Popoec, Popolzhani,
• Prostranje, Svinjishte, Srbjani and Cer.

References

External links

• Official website