Prilep Municipality
# Prilep Municipality

Prilep (Macedonian: Прилеп (listen)) is a municipality in the south of North Macedonia. Prilep is also the name of the city where the municipal seat is found. It is located in the Pelagonia Statistical Region.

## Geography

The municipality borders Čaška and Dolneni municipalities to the north, Kavadarci Municipality to the east, Krivogaštani, Mogila and Novaci municipalities to the west, and Greece to the south.

The municipality spreads over the northeastern part of the Pelagonia valley, it takes contains much of the Mariovo region.

## Demographics

The population of the municipality is 69,025. According to the last national Macedonian census from 2021 the majority in the municipality is represented by the ethnic Macedonians.

| | 2002 | 2002 | 2021 | 2021 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Number | % | Number | % |
| TOTAL | 76,768 | 100 | 69,025 | 100 |
| Macedonians | 70,878 | 92.3 | 58,349 | 84,53 |
| Roma | 4,433 | 5.77 | 3,966 | 5.75 |
| Turks | 917 | 1.19 | 1,060 | 1.54 |
| Albanians | 22 | 0.03 | 127 | 0.18 |
| Bosniak | 86 | 0.11 | 117 | 0.17 |
| Serb | 172 | 0.22 | 113 | 0.16 |
| Vlach | 17 | 0.02 | 30 | 0.04 |
| others | 243 | 0.32 | 304 | 0.44 |
| Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources | n/a | n/a | 4,959 | 7.18 |

## Inhabited places

The number of the inhabited places in the municipality is 59. There are one city and 58 villages. Many villages have small populations or are even abandoned.

