Key facts
- Country
- North Macedonia
- Total
- 1,813 km (700 sq mi)
- Density
- 334.8/km (867.1/sq mi)
- Nuts code
- MK008
- Hdi 2023
- 0.829 , very high · 1st of 8
- Website
- skopjeregion .gov .mk
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- administrative territorial entity
- Country
- North Macedonia
- Located in
- North Macedonia
- Population
- 607007
- Area
- 1812
- Licence plate code
- SK
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Encyclopedic overview
The Skopje Statistical Region (Macedonian: Скопски Регион, romanized: Skopski Region; Albanian: Rajoni i Shkupit) is one of eight statistical regions of North Macedonia. It also corresponds to one of the eight classified NUTS-3 statistical regions of Macedonia. The region is located in the north of the country, bordering Kosovo and five other regions of Macedonia. It encompasses an area of 1,813 km (700 sq mi), around the Macedonian capital of Skopje. The region includes seven other municipalities apart from the city of Skopje. With a population of more than 0.6 million inhabitants, it is the most populated region in the country.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Skopje Statistical Region” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.