Novaci is a municipality in southern Republic of Macedonia

Republic of Macedonia

Macedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...

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Novaci, Republic of Macedonia

Novaci is a village in Republic of Macedonia. It is a seat of the Novaci municipality.The inhabitants are mainly farmers and livestock breeders, and some of them are employed in the local plants: REK Bitola, ZK Pelagonija and Macedonian Woods....

is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found. Novaci Municipality is a part of the Pelagonia Statistical Region

Pelagonia statistical region

The Pelagonia Statistical Region is one of eight arbitrary statistical regions in the Republic of Macedonia. It is located in southwestern part of the country along the eponymous plain. It borders Greece and Albania...

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History

By the 2003 territorial division of Macedonia, the rural municipalities of Bac and Staravina have been merged with Novaci Municipality.

Demographics

According to the last national census from 2002, this municipality has 3,549 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the municipality include:

• Macedonians = 3,490 (98.3%)
• others = 59 (1.7%)

Inhabited places

• Armatuš
• Biljanik
• Bladovenci
• Brnik
• Brod
• Budimirci
• Dalbegovci
• Dobromiri
• Dobroveni
• Dolno Aglarci
• Dolno Orehovo

• Germijan
• Gneotino
• Gnileš
• Gorno Aglarci
• Gradešnica
• Grumazi
• Gruništa
• Iveni
• Makovo
• Makovo

• Meglenci
• Novaci (seat)
• Novo Selo
• Orle
• Paralovo
• Petalino
• Rapeš
• Polog
• Ribarci
• Skočivir

• Slivica
• Sovikj
• Staravina
• Suvo Dol
• Tepavci
• Veleselo
• Vranjevci
• Zovig
• Zovikj
• Živojno