Eastern Statistical Region
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The Eastern Statistical Region ({{langx|mk|Источен Регион|Istočen Region}}) is one of eight statistical regions of North Macedonia. Eastern, located in the eastern part of the country, borders Bulgaria. Internally, it borders the Vardar, Skopje, Northeastern, and Southeastern statistical regions.
Municipalities
File:Map of the municipalities of Eastern Statistical Region en.svg
The Eastern Statistical Region is divided into 11 municipalities:
- {{Coat of arms|Berovo Municipality}}
- {{Coat of arms|Češinovo-Obleševo}}
- {{Coat of arms|Delčevo Municipality|link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Del%C4%8Devo_Municipality#/media/File:Coat_of_arms_of_Del%C4%8Devo_Municipality.svg}}
- {{Coat of arms|Karbinci Municipality}}
- {{Coat of arms|Kočani Municipality}}
- {{Coat of arms|Makedonska Kamenica Municipality}}
- {{Coat of arms|Pehčevo Municipality}}
- {{Coat of arms|Probištip Municipality}}
- {{Coat of arms|Štip Municipality}}
- {{Coat of arms|text=Vinica|link=Vinica Municipality, North Macedonia}}
- {{Coat of arms|Zrnovci Municipality}}
Demographics
=Population=
The current population of the Eastern Statistical Region is 150,234 citizens or 8.2% of the total population of the Republic of North Macedonia, according to the last population census in 2021.
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| Census Year
! Population ! Change |
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| 1994
| 180,039 | N/A |
| 2002
| 181,858 | +1.01% |
| 2021
|150,234 | -13.38% |
=Ethnicities=
The largest ethnic group in the region are the Macedonians.
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| | colspan="2" align="center"|2002 | colspan="2" align="center"|2021 |
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|align="center"|% |align="center"|Number |align="center"|% |
| TOTAL
|align="center"|181,858 |align="center"|100 |align="center"|150,234 |align="center"|100 |
| Macedonians
|align="center"|168,046 |align="center"|92.4 |align="center"|126,553 |align="center"|84.24 |
| Roma
|align="center"|6,929 |align="center"|3.81 |align="center"|6,126 |align="center"|4.08 |
| Turks
|align="center"|3,163 |align="center"|1.74 |align="center"|2,958 |align="center"|1.97 |
| Vlachs
|align="center"|2,535 |align="center"|1.39 |align="center"|1,892 |align="center"|1.26 |
| Serbs
|align="center"|594 |align="center"|0.33 |align="center"|330 |align="center"|0.22 |
| Albanians
|align="center"|20 |align="center"|0.01 |align="center"|101 |align="center"|0.07 |
| Bosniaks
|align="center"|25 |align="center"|0.02 |align="center"|45 |align="center"|0.02 |
| Others / Undeclared / Unknown
|align="center"|546 |align="center"|0.3 |align="center"|795 |align="center"|0.53 |
| Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources
| | |align="center"|11,434 |align="center"|7.61 |
References
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External links
{{Commonscat|Eastern Statistical Region}}
- {{Wikivoyage-inline|Eastern Macedonia}}
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