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Municipality of Ilinden

Општина Илинден
Municipality of Ilinden Општина Илинден
Suburban municipality
	Flag Coat of arms
Country	North Macedonia
Region	Skopje
Municipal seat	Ilinden
Government
• Mayor	Aleksandar Georgievski (VMRO-DPMNE)
Area
• Total	97.02 km2 (37.46 sq mi)
Population
• Total	17,435
• Density	163.82/km2 (424.3/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
Area code	02
Car plates	SK
Website	http://www.Ilinden.gov.mk

Ilinden (Macedonian: Илинден^ⓘ) is a municipality part of North Macedonia. Ilinden is also the name of the town where the municipal seat is found. It is named after the Ilinden Uprising in the region of Macedonia in 1903. It is located in the Skopje Statistical Region.

Geography

The municipality borders Aračinovo Municipality to the north, Petrovec Municipality to the south, the City of Skopje: (Gazi Baba Municipality) to the west, and Kumanovo Municipality to the east.

Demographics

At the census in 1994 it had 14,512 inhabitants.^{[citation needed]} The total population of the municipality according to the 2021 North Macedonia census is 17,435.^[1] Ethnic groups in the municipality:

	2002		2021
	Number	%	Number	%
TOTAL	15,894	100	17,435	100
Macedonians	13,959	87.83	14,758	84.65
Serbs	912	5.74	628	3.6
Roma	428	2.69	476	2.73
Albanians	352	2.21	367	2.1
Vlachs	1	0.01	8	0.04
Bosniaks			8	0.04
Turks	17	0.11	4	0.02
Other / Undeclared / Unknown	225	1.41	136	0.8
Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources			1,050	6.02