Zelenikovo Municipality
Municipality of North Macedonia
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Zelenikovo Municipality (Macedonian: ⓘ) is a municipality in the central part of North Macedonia. The municipal seat is located in the village Zelenikovo. The municipality is located in the Skopje Statistical Region.
Municipality of Zelenikovo
Општина Зелениково | |
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Rural municipality | |
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| Country |  North Macedonia |
| Region |  Skopje |
| Municipal seat | Zelenikovo |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Kosta Manevski (VMRO-DPMNE) |
| Area | |
• Total | 176.95 km2 (68.32 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 3,361 |
| • Density | 18.99/km2 (49.19/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| Postal code | 1053 |
| Area code | 02 |
| Vehicle registration | SK |
Geography
The municipality borders Studeničani Municipality to the west, Petrovec Municipality to the northeast, Čaška Municipality to the south, and Veles Municipality to the southeast.
Demographics
According to the 2021 North Macedonia census, Zelenikovo Municipality has 3,361 inhabitants.[1][2] Ethnic groups in the municipality:
| 1953 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 | 1994 | 2002 | 2021 | ||||||||
| Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | |
| TOTAL | 5,284 | 100 | 4,696 | 100 | 4,109 | 100 | 4,363 | 100 | 4,236 | 100 | 4,077 | 100 | 3,361 | 100 |
| Macedonians | 1,679 | 31.8 | 1,877 | 40 | 2,035 | 49.5 | 2,198 | 50.4 | 2,384 | 56.3 | 2,522 | 61.86 | 2,407 | 71.62 |
| Albanians | 1,680 | 31.8 | 1,187 | 25.3 | 773 | 18.8 | 1,511 | 34.6 | 1,543 | 36.4 | 1,206 | 29.58 | 415 | 12.35 |
| Bosniaks | 191 | 4.68 | 187 | 5.56 | ||||||||||
| Serbs | 45 | 1.1 | 46 | 1.37 | ||||||||||
| Roma | 92 | 2.26 | 44 | 1.31 | ||||||||||
| Turks | 1,765 | 33.4 | 1,426 | 30.4 | 849 | 20.7 | 266 | 6.1 | 11 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.02 | 5 | 0.15 |
| Vlachs | 1 | 0.02 | ||||||||||||
| Other / Undeclared / Unknown | 160 | 3 | 206 | 4.4 | 452 | 11 | 398 | 8.9 | 298 | 7 | 19 | 0.48 | 12 | 0.35 |
| Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources | 245 | 7.29 | ||||||||||||