Debar ( Maked. Debar , Alb. Dibra , Debra , Tur . Debre , Debre ) - a city in the western part of Northern Macedonia . Center of the community of the same name Debar .
| City | |||
| Debar | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Maced. Debar Alb. Dibra | |||
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| A country |  North Macedonia | ||
| Statistical Region | Southwestern | ||
| Community | Debar | ||
| Town governor | Argetim Fida | ||
| History and Geography | |||
| Center height | 625 m | ||
| Timezone | UTC + 1 , in summer UTC + 2 | ||
| Population | |||
| Population | 14 561 people ( 2002 ) | ||
| Digital identifiers | |||
| Telephone code | +389 046 | ||
| Postcode | 1250 | ||
| Car code | OH | ||
Content
- 1 Geography
- 2 History
- 3 population
- 4 Famous Natives
- 5 Links
- 6 notes
Geography
The city is located in the basin of Debar Field , on the banks of the artificial Lake Debar , between the Black Drin rivers and its tributary Radika , near the border with Albania . The city is surrounded by mountains Deshat , Stogovo and Yablanitsa , located at an altitude of 625 m above sea level.
History
First mentioned on the map of Ptolemy under the name Deborus.
John Debar (1018-1037) was born in the city - the first head of the Ohrid Archbishopric .
The population of Debar decreased significantly after the First World War .
Population
According to the 2002 census , 14,561 residents live in Debar. [one]
| Nationality | Total |
| Macedonians | 1054 (7.24%) |
| Albanians | 10 768 (73.95%) |
| Turks | 1415 |
| gypsies | 1079 |
| vlahi | 2 |
| Serbs | 22 |
| boshnyaki | 2 |
| other | 219 |
98% of the residents of the Debar community who indicated Turkish nationality in the census consider Macedonian to be their mother tongue - most likely, the Turks recorded Pomaks , or Torbesh - an Islamic group of Macedonians
Famous Natives
- Milan Pancevsky - the last chairman of the Presidium of the Central Committee of the Union of Communists of Yugoslavia
Links
Notes
- ↑ Ministry of Local Government. The base on the opshtinsky urban plan is archived on September 15, 2008.