Plasnica (Macedonian: ⓘ, Turkish: Plasniça) is a municipality in western North Macedonia. Plasnica is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found. Plasnica Municipality is part of the Southwestern Statistical Region. It is particularly noteworthy in having a mostly ethnic Turkish population.
Plasnica Municipality
Општина Пласница Plasniça Belediyesi | |
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Municipality | |
 Flag | |
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| Country |  North Macedonia |
| Region |  Southwestern |
| Municipal seat | Plasnica |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Ismail Jahoski (DUI) |
| Area | |
• Total | 54.44 km2 (21.02 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 4,222 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| Official language(s) | Macedonian, Turkish |
Geography
editThe municipality borders Makedonski Brod Municipality to the northeast, Kruševo Municipality to the southeast, Kičevo Municipality to the southwest, west and northwest.
Demographics
editAccording to the 2021 North Macedonia census, this municipality has 4,222 inhabitants.[1]
| 2002 | 2021 | |||
| Number | % | Number | % | |
| TOTAL | 4,545 | 100 | 4,222 | 100 |
| Turks | 4,446 | 97.82 | 4,101 | 97.13 |
| Albanians | 20 | 0.44 | 13 | 0.31 |
| Macedonians | 34 | 0.75 | 9 | 0.22 |
| Bosniaks | 1 | 0.02 | ||
| Other / Undeclared / Unknown | 45 | 0.99 | 1 | 0.02 |
| Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources | 97 | 2.3 | ||
References
edit- ^ "Попис на населението, домаќинствата и становите во Република Северна Македонија, 2021 - прв сет на податоци" (PDF). stat.gov.mk. Retrieved 22 July 2022.