Mavrovo i Rostuše Municipality Општина Маврово и Ростушe Mavrova ve Rostuşa Belediyesi
Rural municipality
Flag Coat of arms
Country	North Macedonia
Region	Polog
Municipal seat	Rostuše
Government
• Mayor	Medat Kurtovski (SDSM)
Area
• Total	663.19 km2 (256.06 sq mi)
Population
• Total	5,042
• Density	13/km2 (30/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)

Mavrovo i Rostuše (Macedonian: Маврово и Ростуше^ⓘ) (Turkish: Mavrova ve Rostuşa) is a municipality in western North Macedonia. The municipal seat is located in the village of Rostuše. This municipality is part of the Polog Statistical Region.

Geography

The municipality borders Gostivar Municipality to the north, Kičevo Municipality to the east, Debar Municipality to the south and Albania to the west.

Demographics

According to the last national census from 2021, this municipality has 5,042 inhabitants.^[1] Ethnic groups in the municipality include:

• Religious affiliation according to the 2002 and 2021 Macedonian censuses:

Mother tongues declared, per the 2021 census, include the following:^[2]

• Macedonian: 4,120 (81.2%)
• Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources: 405 (8.0%)
• Albanian: 355 (7.0%)
• Turkish: 138 (2.7%)
• Others: 24 (0.5%)

Notable people

• Josif Bageri
• Čede Filipovski Dame
• Golub Janić
• Josif Mihajlović Jurukovski
• Doksim Mihailović
• Georgi Pulevski
• Aleksandar Sarievski
• Kuzman Sotirović
• Vuča Žikić
• Parteniy Zografski
• Lazar Ličenoski
• Slavko Brezoski

See also

• Mavrovo National Park

References

External links

• Official website

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