Oslomej Municipality

Former municipality of Macedonia

Municipality in Southwestern Statistical Region, Republic of North Macedonia

Oslomej Municipality Општина Осломеј Komuna e Osllomejit
Municipality
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Country	Republic of North Macedonia
region	Southwestern Statistical Region
Municipal seat	Oslomej
Population
• Total	10,420
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
Split from	Kičevo Municipality in 1996
Merged into	Kičevo Municipality in 2013

Oslomej (Macedonian: Осломеј^ⓘ, Albanian: Osllomej) is a former municipality in western Republic of North Macedonia, created in 1996 territorial organisation and dissolved following the 2013 Macedonian new territorial organisation, after it was merged with Kičevo Municipality.^[1]

Oslomej is also the name of the village where the municipal seat was found.
- Oslomej Municipality was part of the Southwestern Statistical Region.

Geography

The municipality bordered

Makedonski Brod Municipality to the east,
Vraneštica Municipality to the south,
Kičevo Municipality to the southwest,
Zajas Municipality to the west, and
Gostivar Municipality to the north.

Demographics

According to the last national census from 2002, this municipality has 10,420 inhabitants.^[2]

Ethnic groups in the municipality include:
- Albanians = 10,252 (98.4%)
- Macedonians = 110 (1.1%)
- others = 58 (0.6%)

The total number of students in the municipality in 2011, in comparison to the total number of students in 2007, declined for 36.8%. Oslomej is the first municipality in North Macedonia by the decline of the total number of students.^[3]

References

^ "Archived copy". sec.mk. Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 20 July 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ 2002 census results in English and Macedonian (PDF)
^ Во основните училишта за 10 години дури 46.500 ученици помалку