Debar
Sign in to saveDebar ( ; , ) is a city in the western part of North Macedonia, near the border with Albania, off the road from Struga to Gostivar. It is the seat of Debar Municipality. Debar has an ethnic Albanian majority and is North Macedonia's only city where ethnic Macedonians do not rank first or second demographically. The official languages are Macedonian and Albanian.
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Place details
- Locality
- Дебар
- Region
- Debar
- Country
- Северна Македонија
- Population
- 18,074
- Timezone
- Europe/Skopje
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Debar
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_caption
- View of Debar
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Dibër Municipality|100px
- Settlement.image_seal
- Coat of arms of Debar Municipality.svg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- North Macedonia
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location within North Macedonia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- 15px Southwestern
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Debar
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- town
- Country
- Ottoman Empire
- Located in
- Debar Municipality
- Population
- +11735
- Elevation
- +625
- Time zone
- Central European Summer Time
- Capital of
- Debar Municipality
- Official website
- www.dibra.gov.mk
- Image
- Debar-Macedonia.JPG
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Debar ( ; , ) is a city in the western part of North Macedonia, near the border with Albania, off the road from Struga to Gostivar. It is the seat of Debar Municipality. Debar has an ethnic Albanian majority and is North Macedonia's only city where ethnic Macedonians do not rank first or second demographically. The official languages are Macedonian and Albanian.
==Name== The name of the city in Macedonian is Debar (Дебар). In Albanian; Dibër/Dibra or Dibra e Madhe (meaning "Great Dibra", in contrast to the other Dibër in Albania). In Serbian Debar (), in Bulgarian Debǎr (), in Turkish Debre or Debre-i Bala, in Greek, Dívrē () or Dívra (), in Ancient Greek Dēvoros, Δήβορος and in Roman times as Deborus.