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Several villages were burned down in Gostivar during 1912-16 by Serbian and Bulgarian forces. Two of these villages were Reč, which had a population in 1900 of 140 Muslim Albanians and 150 Orthodox Albanians, and Strezimir which at that time was inhabited by 56 Muslim Albanians and 180 Orthodox
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The municipality has 35 inhabited places, one town and 34 villages. According to the 2021 North Macedonia census, this municipality has 59,770 inhabitants.
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and Gostivar Municipality contributed humanitarian aid and teams of firefighters and doctors toward the relief effort for earthquake victims.
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have an Albanian population of over 50% but below 60%. Names in brackets are Albanian equivalents of the Macedonian names.
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Veshja autoktone e femrave të Rekës së Epërme [Authentic clothing of women from Reka e Epërme]
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is also the name of the town where the municipal seat is found. The municipality is part of the
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Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources: 3,409 (5.7%)
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Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources
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Mother tongues among the municipality residents include:
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Flag of Municipality of Gostivar
Official logo of Municipality of Gostivar
Location of Municipality of Gostivar
Country
North Macedonia
Region

Polog
Gostivar
AA
Time zone
UTC+1
CET
Official Website

Macedonian
[ˈɡɔstivar]

Albanian
North Macedonia
Gostivar
Polog Statistical Region
Mavrovo and Rostuša
Kičevo
Makedonski Brod Municipality
Brvenica
Vrapčište
Albania
Kosovo
Albanians

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