Makedonski Brod Municipality

Makedonski Brod (Macedonian: Македонски Брод [maˈkɛdɔnski brɔt] ^ⓘ) 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.

Makedonski Brod Municipality Општина Македонски Брод
Urban municipality
Flag Coat of arms
Country	North Macedonia
Region	Southwestern
Municipal seat	Makedonski Brod
Government
• Mayor	Žarko Risteski (VMRO-DPMNE)
Area
• Total	888.97 km2 (343.23 sq mi)
Population
• Total	5,889
• Density	8.03/km2 (20.8/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
Area code	045
Vehicle registration	MB
Website	http://www.MBrod.gov.mk/

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.^[1] 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.^[2]

	2002		2021
	Number	%	Number	%
TOTAL	7,141	100	5,889	100
Macedonians	6,927	97	5,367	91.14
Turks	181	2.53	241	4.09
Albanians			38	0.65
Roma	3	0.04	18	0.31
Serbs	22	0.31	10	0.17
Bosniaks	1	0.01	1	0.02
Other / Undeclared / Unknown	7	0.11	10	0.16
Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources			204	3.46

Notable people

• Gjurčin Naumov - Pljakot, revolutionary, born in Slansko^[3]
• 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 Slansko^[4]
• Dane Stojanović, Macedonian Serb Chetnik, born in Krapa
• Božidar Vidoeski, linguist, born in Zvečan^[5]