Lipkovo Municipality
Municipality of North Macedonia
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Lipkovo (Macedonian: ⓘ, Albanian: Likovë) is a municipality in the north part of North Macedonia. Lipkovo is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found. Lipkovo Municipality is part of the Northeastern Statistical Region.
Municipality of Lipkovo
Општина Липково Komuna e Likovës | |
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Rural municipality | |
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| Country |  North Macedonia |
| Region |  Northeastern |
| Municipal seat | Lipkovo |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Erkan Arifi (DUI) |
| Area | |
• Total | 267.82 km2 (103.41 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 22,308 |
| • Density | 101.03/km2 (261.7/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| Postal code | 1307 |
| Area code | 037 |
| Vehicle registration | KU |
| ISO 3166-2 | MK-48 |
| Website | Official Website |
Geography
The municipality borders Serbia and Kosovo to the north, Čučer-Sandevo Municipality to the west, the City of Skopje to the southwest, Aračinovo Municipality to the south and Kumanovo Municipality to the east.
Demographics
According to the 2021 North Macedonia census, Lipkovo Municipality has 22,308 inhabitants.[1] Ethnic groups in the municipality:
| 2002 | 2021 | |||
| Number | % | Number | % | |
| TOTAL | 27,058 | 100 | 22,308 | 100 |
| Albanians | 26,360 | 97.42 | 21,560 | 96.65 |
| Macedonians | 169 | 0.62 | 33 | 0.15 |
| Serbs | 370 | 1.37 | 4 | 0.01 |
| Bosniaks | 6 | 0.02 | 4 | 0.01 |
| Turks | 1 | 0.004 | ||
| Vlachs | 1 | 0.004 | ||
| Other / Undeclared / Unknown | 152 | 0.566 | 5 | 0.024 |
| Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources | 701 | 3.14 | ||
| Demographics of Lipkovo Municipality | ||
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| Census year | Population | |
| 1994 | 24,351 | |
| 2002 | 27,058 | |
| 2021 | 22,308 | |
Timeline of Lipkovo Municipality
Installation of Municipality
- 1996
Municipality inaugurated
21st century
- 2000
Usamedin Alili elected Mayor - 2001 Insurgency in the Republic of Macedonia
- 2002 Population: 27,058[2]
- 2005 Bekjir Sakipi elected Mayor[3]
- 2008 Northeastern Statistical Region formed
- 2009 Sadula Duraki elected Mayor[4]
- 2011 Ismet Jashari monument built in Ropaljce
- 2012 Hospital built[5]
- 2013 Sadula Duraki elected Mayor 2nd term[6]
- 2015 Gošince attack
People
- Ismet Jashari, from Orizari[7] KLA fighter, KIA in Kosovo
