The Municipality of Ohrid is a municipality in the southwestern part of the 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...

. Ohrid

Ohrid

Ohrid is a city on the eastern shore of Lake Ohrid in the Republic of Macedonia. It has about 42,000 inhabitants, making it the seventh largest city in the country. The city is the seat of Ohrid Municipality. Ohrid is notable for having once had 365 churches, one for each day of the year and has...

is also the name of the city where the municipal seat is found. Ohrid Municipality is in the Southwestern Statistical Region

Southwestern statistical region

The Southwestern Statistical Region is one of eight arbitrary statistical regions in the Republic of Macedonia. Southwestern, located in the west and southwestern part of the country, borders Albania to the west...

Geography

Ohrid Municipality borders Debarca Municipality

Debarca municipality

Debarca is a municipality in southwestern Republic of Macedonia. The village of Belčišta is the municipal seat. Debarca Municipality is part of the Southwestern Statistical Region.-Geography:...

 to the west and north, Resen Municipality

Resen municipality

Resen is a municipality in southwestern Republic of Macedonia. Resen is also the name of the town where the municipal seat is found. Resen Municipality is located in the Pelagonia Statistical Region.-Geography:...

 to the east, and Demir Hisar Municipality

Demir Hisar municipality

Demir Hisar is a municipality in southwestern Republic of Macedonia. Demir Hisar, which means "iron fortress" in Turkish, is also the name of the town where the municipal seat is found...

 to the northeast.

Demographics

According to the national census of 2002, the municipality of Ohrid, before the attachment of Kosel Municipality, had 54,380 inhabitants; according to the census of 1994, it had 52,732. The former Kosel Municipality had a population of 1,369 in 2002 and 1,759 in 1994. The present-day combined municipality has 55,749 residents.
Ethnic groups in the municipality include:

• Macedonians
  Macedonians (ethnic group)
  The Macedonians also referred to as Macedonian Slavs: "... the term Slavomacedonian was introduced and was accepted by the community itself, which at the time had a much more widespread non-Greek Macedonian ethnic consciousness...
  
  , 47,344 (84.9%)
• Albanians
  Albanians
  Albanians are a nation and ethnic group native to Albania and neighbouring countries. They speak the Albanian language. More than half of all Albanians live in Albania and Kosovo...
  
  , 2,962 (5.3%)
• Turks
  Turkish people
  Turkish people, also known as the "Turks" , are an ethnic group primarily living in Turkey and in the former lands of the Ottoman Empire where Turkish minorities had been established in Bulgaria, Cyprus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Greece, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Romania...
  
  , 2,268 (4.1%)
• Serbs
  Serbs
  The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...
  
  , 366 (0.7%)
• others, 2,809 (5.0%)

Inhabited places

The municipality has 29 inhabited places, one town and 28 villages.

Inhabited places in Ohrid Municipality
Village(s) Village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New... : Šipokno | Dolno Lakočerej | Gorno Lakočerej | Elšani Elsani Elšani is a village in the Republic of Macedonia situated south of the City of Ohrid. It is spread across the western slopes of Galičica Mountain, near Lake Ohrid...  | Elešec | Konjsko | Lagadin | Leskoec Leskoec Leskoec is a village 5 kilometres from the town Ohrid, in the Republic of Macedonia. The population is 2 595 people and it is the biggest village in Ohrid municipality.-External links:*...  | Orman | Peštani Pestani Peštani is a village in the Republic of Macedonia, located 12 kilometres south of the city of Ohrid. It is a popular beachside town along Lake Ohrid and lies at the foot of Galičica National Park. Originally a fishing village, it now gets most of its income from tourism.Roughly 1,326 people live...  | Ljubaništa Ljubaništa Ljubaništa is a village along the shore of the Lake Ohrid in the Republic of Macedonia. The village is located near the Monastery of St. Naum and the border with Albania....  | Rača | Ramne | Sveti Stefan | Trpejca Trpejca Trpejca is a village along the shore of the Lake Ohrid in the Republic of Macedonia. Traditionally a fishing village, it has recently become an upscale vacation spot. Trpejca is home to around 303 inhabitants and has just one school, two shops, and a church recently built on the exact location of...  | Velestovo Velestovo Velestovo is a village situated on the slopes of Galičica Mountain in Ohrid Municipality, Macedonia. Located roughly 4 kilometres from the town of Ohrid, there are only 45 residents of Velestovo, most of whom are retired.-Churches:...  | Velgošti Velgošti Velgošti is a village near Ohrid, Macedonia. It has a population of approximately 2,000 people. It has a primary school called Živko Čingo dedicated to the author born there....  | Kosel | Kuratica | Livoišta | Openica | Plakje | Rasino | Rečica | Sirula | Skrebatno Skrebatno Skrebatno is a village in the municipality of Garmen, in Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria.-References:...  | Sviništa | Vapila Vapila Vapila is a village in Ohrid Municipality, Macedonia....  | Zavoj Zavoj Zavoj is a village in the Republic of Macedonia, about 20 km from Ohrid. A small village, there are no shops or schools in Zavoj. There are about a hundred houses....			Town(s) Town A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while... : Ohrid Ohrid Ohrid is a city on the eastern shore of Lake Ohrid in the Republic of Macedonia. It has about 42,000 inhabitants, making it the seventh largest city in the country. The city is the seat of Ohrid Municipality. Ohrid is notable for having once had 365 churches, one for each day of the year and has...

External links

• Official website