Zajas Municipality
Former municipality of North Macedonia
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Zajas (Macedonian: ⓘ, Albanian: Zajaz) is a former municipality located in what is now western North Macedonia, created in a 1996 territorial reorganization and dissolved following a new 2013 Macedonian territorial reorganization, after which it was merged with Kičevo Municipality.[1]
- Zajas is also the name of the village where the municipal seat was found.
- Zajas Municipality was part of the Southwestern Statistical Region.
Zajas Municipality
Општина Зајас Komuna e Zajazit | |
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Former municipality of Macedonia | |
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| Country | Republic of Macedonia |
| Region | Southwestern Statistical |
| Municipal seat | Zajas |
| Population | |
• Total | 11,605 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| Split from | Kičevo Municipality in 1996 |
| Merged into | Kičevo Municipality in 2013 |
Geography
The municipality bordered
- Mavrovo and Rostuša Municipality to the west,
- Gostivar Municipality to the northeast,
- Oslomej Municipality to the east,
- Kičevo Municipality to the southeast, and
- Drugovo Municipality to the southwest.
Demographics
According to the last national census from 2002, this municipality has 11,605 inhabitants.[2]
- Ethnic groups in the municipality include:
- Albanians = 11,308 (97.4%)
- Macedonians = 211 (1.8%)
- others = 86 (0.7%)
The total number of students in the municipality in 2011, in comparison to the total number of students in 2007, declined for 35.5%. Zajas is the second municipality in North Macedonia by the decline of the total number of students.[3]
