Tearce Municipality
# Tearce Municipality

Tearce (Macedonian: Теарце (listen); Albanian:Tearcë) is a municipality in northwestern North Macedonia. Tearce is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found. Tearce Municipality is part of the Polog Statistical Region.

## Geography

The municipality borders Kosovo to the north, Jegunovce Municipality to the east and south, and Tetovo Municipality to the west.

## Demographics

According to the 2021 Macedonian census, this municipality has 17,694 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the municipality:

| | 2002 | 2002 | 2021 | 2021 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Number | % | Number | % |
| TOTAL | 22,454 | 100 | 17,694 | 100 |
| Albanians | 18,950 | 84.4 | 14,704 | 83.1 |
| Macedonians | 2,739 | 12.2 | 2,114 | 11.96 |
| Turks | 516 | 2.3 | 382 | 1.16 |
| others | 219 | 1.1 | 96 | 0.54 |
| Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources | n/a | n/a | 398 | 2.25 |
