Probištip Municipality

Probištip Municipality Општина Пробиштип
Urban municipality
Coat of arms
Country	North Macedonia
Region	Eastern
Municipal seat	Probištip
Government
• Mayor	Dragan Anastasov (SDSM)
Area
• Total	325.57 km2 (125.70 sq mi)
Population
• Total	16 193
• Density	49.74/km2 (128.8/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
Area code	032
car plates	PS
Website	http://www.probistip.gov.mk

Probištip Municipality (Macedonian: Општина Пробиштип [ˈprɔbiʃtip] ^ⓘ) is an urban municipality in eastern North Macedonia. Probištip is also the name of the city where the municipal seat is found. This municipality is part of the Eastern Statistical Region.

Geography

The municipality borders Kratovo Municipality to the north, Kočani and Češinovo-Obleševo municipalities to the east, Sveti Nikole Municipality to the west, Štip and Karbinci municipalities to the south.

The municipality spreads over the middle and lower part of the line of the Zletovska River.

Demographics

Following the 2003 territorial division of North Macedonia, the rural Zletovo Municipality was attached to Probištip Municipality. The former had 3,428 residents while the latter had 12,963 inhabitants. The combined municipality, thus, had 16,193 inhabitants.^[1] Ethnic groups in the municipality include the following:

• Macedonians = 15,977 (98.7%)
• others = 216 (1.3%)

Inhabited places

Economy

Mining

The main economic objects in the municipality are the lead and zinc mines “Zletovo”, now called “Indo Minerals and Metals” which were in continual exploitation from 1970. They have been bought by a Bulmak, a large Bulgarian mining company that has modernized the mines,, which are working in full capacity.

References

External links

• Official website

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This page was last edited on 20 February 2023, at 18:27