Makedonski Brod ( ) is a municipality in western North Macedonia, named after the town of Makedonski Brod, where the municipal seat is located. Makedonski Brod Municipality is part of the Southwestern Statistical Region.
Geography The municipality borders Želino Municipality and Brvenica Municipality to the north, Studeničani and Sopište municipalities to the northeast, Čaška and Dolneni municipalities to the southeast, Kruševo Municipality to the south, Plasnica Municipality to the southwest, Kičevo Municipality to the west, and Gostivar Municipality to the northwest.
The municipality includes the Kozjak Hydro Power Plant and the associated artificial lake, the largest such lake in the country.
Demographics By the August 2004 territorial division of Macedonia, the rural Samokov Municipality was attached to Makedonski Brod Municipality, which then totaled 7,141 inhabitants.2002 census results in English and Macedonian (PDF) Before the merge, The municipality of Makedonski Brod had 5,517 inhabitants in 1994 and 5,558 in 2002 Samokov Municipality had 2,057 inhabitants in 1994 and 1,553 in 2002 In the 2021 North Macedonia census, the municipality of Makedonski Brod had 5,889 people.
20022021Number%Number%TOTAL7,1411005,889100Macedonians6,927975,36791.14Turks1812.532414.09Albanians380.65Roma30.04180.31Serbs220.31100.17Bosniaks10.0110.02Other / Undeclared / Unknown70.11100.16Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources2043.46
Notable people Gjurčin Naumov - Pljakot, revolutionary, born in SlanskoНиколов, Борис. ВМОРО - псевдоними и шифри 1893-1934, Звезди, 1999, стр.79 Tasa Konević, Macedonian Serb Chetnik, born in Krapa Micko Krstić, Macedonian Serb Chetnik, born in Latovo Zafir Premčević, Macedonian Serb Chetnik, born in Ljupšte Trenko Rujanović, Macedonian Serb Chetnik, born in Krapa Ilija Slanštanec, writer and historian, born in SlanskoРисте Наумовски, „Предговор“, во: Илија Сланштанец, По стапки од младост - раскази од младежта, Скопје, 1959, стр. 6. Dane Stojanović, Macedonian Serb Chetnik, born in Krapa Božidar Vidoeski, linguist, born in Zvečan
References
External links Official website