Ilinden (community)

Ilinden ( Maced. Opshtina Ilinden ) is a community in Northern Macedonia . Located in the northern part of the country. The population is 15,894 people ( 2002 ) ^[2] .

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Ilinden Community
Maced. Opshtina Ilinden
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A country	North Macedonia
Included in	Skop region
Includes	12 settlements
Adm. Centre	Ilinden village
Town governor	Zhika Stoyanovsky ( VMRO-DPMNE ) [1]
Chairman of the board	Stevce Avramowski
History and Geography
Square	97.02 km²
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Timezone	CET ( UTC + 1 , summer UTC + 2 )
Population
Population	15 894 people ( 2002 )
Density	163.82 people / km²
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The administrative center is the village of Ilinden (until 1951 the village was called Belimbegovo ).

The area of ​​the community is 97.02 km² ^[3] .

Borders on communities of Northern Macedonia:

• in the west - with the Skopje community ;
• in the north - with the community of Arachinovo ;
• in the east - with the community of Kumanovo ;
• in the south - with the community of Petrovets .

The community consists of 12 villages ^[3] : Ayvatovtsi , Buikovtsi , Bunardzhik , Buchintsi , Deladrovtsi , Ilinden , Kadino , Marino , Miladinovtsi , Mralino , Mrshevtsi and Tekiya .

Ethnic structure of the population in the community according to the 2002 census ^[2] :

• Macedonians - 13 959 people;
• Serbs - 912 people;
• gypsies - 428 people;
• Albanians - 352 people;
• Turks - 17 people .;
• Arumins - 1 person;
• the rest - 225 people.

On the territory of the community is the “Free Economic Zone Bunardzhik”.