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Places

In total there are 1.767 inhabited places in the Republic of Macedonia. The country is divided into 8 statistical regions and 84 municipalities. [1]

According to the State Statistical Office [2] Macedonia have one inhabited place with more than 100.000 inhabitants (Skopje), 4 between 50.000 and 100.000, 8 between 20.000 and 50.000 and 9 between 10.000 and 20.000.

Tagging conventions for inhabited places

Following rules define the conventions for using the key:place tag within the Republic of Macedonia's territory.

Cities

place=city

name=*

Places with more than 100.000 inhabitants

Towns

place=town

name=*

Places with 10.000 to 100.000 inhabitants

Places below 10.000 inhabitants which are towns by law [3]

Villages

place=village

name=*

Places below 10.000 inhabitants

The towns above 10.000 inhabitants are sorted in order of inhabitatants according to data found on [4].

Hamlets

place=hamlet

name=*

Places below 100-200 inhabitants

Isolated dwellings

place=isolated_dwelling
name=*

The whole settlement must not consist of more than 2 households

References

  1. "Територијални единици"
  2. "Македонија во бројки 2008, стр.10", Државен Завод за Статистика, 2008.
  3. http://www.slvesnik.com.mk/Issues/9D37AEDC6F890F40A8795ED71D0C72A9.pdf "Закон за територијалната организација на локалната самоуправа во РМ"
  4. "Македонија во бројки 2008", State Statistical Office, 2008. In Macedonian. Retrieved on 2009-06-10