Zajas Municipality
Zajas (Macedonian: 
Зајас , Albanian: Zajaz) is a former municipality in western North Macedonia, created in the 1996 territorial organisation, dissolved following 2013 Macedonian new territorial organisation after it was merged with Kičevo Municipality.[1]
- Zajas is also the name of the village where the municipal seat was found.
- Zajas Municipality was part of the Southwestern Statistical Region.
 
 
Zajas municipality 
    Општина Зајас Komuna e Zajazit  | |
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Municipality  | |
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| Country | North Macedonia | 
| region | Southwestern Statistical Region | 
| Municipal seat | Zajas | 
| Population | |
| • Total | 11,605 | 
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) | 
| Split from | Kičevo Municipality in 1996 | 
| Merged into | Kičevo Municipality in 2013 | 
Geography
    
The municipality bordered
- Mavrovo and Rostuša Municipality to the west,
 - Gostivar Municipality to the northeast,
 - Oslomej Municipality to the east,
 - Kičevo Municipality to the southeast, and
 - Drugovo Municipality to the southwest.
 
Demographics
    
According to the last national census from 2002, this municipality has 11,605 inhabitants.[2]
- Ethnic groups in the municipality include:
- Albanians = 11,308 (97.4%)
 - Macedonians = 211 (1.8%)
 - others = 86 (0.7%)
 
 
The total number of students in the municipality in 2011, in comparison to the total number of students in 2007, declined for 35.5%. Zajas is the second municipality in North Macedonia by the decline of the total number of students.[3]
References
    
-  "Archived copy". sec.mk. Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - 2002 census results in English and Macedonian (PDF)
 - Во основните училишта за 10 години дури 46.500 ученици помалку
 
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