Bogovinje Municipality
Municipality of North Macedonia
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Bogovinje (Macedonian: ⓘ, Albanian: Komuna e Bogovinës) is a municipality in the western part of the Republic of North Macedonia. Bogovinje is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found. Bogovinje Municipality is part of the Polog Statistical Region.
Bogovinje Municipality
Општина Боговиње Komuna e Bogovinës | |
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Rural municipality | |
| Coordinates: 41°56′N 20°55′E | |
| Country | |
| Region | |
| Municipal seat | Bogovinje |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Feti Abazi (VLEN) |
| Population | |
• Total | 22,906 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| Vehicle registration | TE |
| Website | Official Website |
Geography
The municipality borders Tetovo Municipality to the north, Brvenica Municipality to the east, Vrapčište Municipality to the south, and Kosovo to the west.
Demographics
The number of the inhabited places in the municipality is 15. According to the 2021 North Macedonia census, this municipality has 22,906 inhabitants.[1][2]
| 2002 | 2021 | |||
| Number | % | Number | % | |
| TOTAL | 28,997 | 100 | 22,906 | 100 |
| Albanians | 27,614 | 95.23 | 20,475 | 89.39 |
| Turks | 1,183 | 4.08 | 803 | 3.51 |
| Macedonians | 37 | 0.13 | 16 | 0.07 |
| Bosniaks | 9 | 0.03 | 6 | 0.03 |
| Serbs | 1 | 0.003 | 2 | 0.01 |
| Vlachs | 1 | 0.005 | ||
| Roma | 5 | 0.02 | ||
| Other / Undeclared / Unknown | 148 | 0.507 | 36 | 0.145 |
| Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources | 1,567 | 6.84 | ||