Aračinovo Municipality
Municipality of North Macedonia
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Aračinovo Municipality (Macedonian: Арачиново [araˈtʃinɔvɔ] ⓘ, Albanian: Komuna e Haraçinës) is a municipality in the northern part of North Macedonia. Aračinovo is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found. The municipality is located in the Skopje Statistical Region.
Aračinovo Municipality
Општина Арачиново Komuna e Haraçinës | |
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Rural municipality | |
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| Country |  North Macedonia |
| Region |  Skopje |
| Municipal seat | Aračinovo |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Daut Beqiri (VLEN) |
| Area | |
• Total | 31.3 km2 (12.1 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 12,676 |
| • Density | 370.51/km2 (959.6/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| Postal code | 1045 |
| Area code | 02 |
| Vehicle registration | SK |
| Website | Official Website |
Geography
Aračinovo Municipality borders with Lipkovo Municipality to the north, the City of Skopje to the west, Petrovec Municipality to the south and Kumanovo Municipality to the east. The municipality is rural, meaning that all the inhabited places within it are villages. The number of inhabited places in Aračinovo Municipality is 4.
Demographics
The 1994 national census recorded 9,960 inhabitants, while the 2021 North Macedonia census recorded 12,676 inhabitants.
The ethnic structure of the municipality in 2021 was: 12,353 (97.45%) Albanians and 2.55% others.[1]
| Demographics of Aračinovo Municipality | ||
|---|---|---|
| Census year | Population | |
| 1994 | 9,960 | |
| 2002 | 11,597 | |
| 2021 | 12,676 | |
| 2002 | 2021 | |||
| Number | % | Number | % | |
| TOTAL | 11,597 | 100 | 12,676 | 100 |
| Albanians | 10,879 | 93.81 | 12,353 | 97.45 |
| Macedonians | 596 | 5.14 | 7 | 0.06 |
| Bosniaks | 65 | 0.56 | 4 | 0.03 |
| Vlachs | 1 | 0.01 | ||
| Serbs | 10 | 0.1 | ||
| Other / Undeclared / Unknown | 46 | 0.38 | 2 | 0.01 |
| Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources | 310 | 2.45 | ||