{{Infobox settlement | name = Municipality of Debar | official_name = | native_name = Општина Дебар<br/>Komuna e Dibrës | settlement_type = Urban municipality | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{NMK}} | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = 15px Southwestern | image_flag = | flag_size = | image_blank_emblem = Coat of arms of Debar Municipality.svg | blank_emblem_type = Coat of arms | blank_emblem_size = 80px | image_map = Map of Debar Municipality.svg | seat_type = Municipal seat | seat = Debar | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Fisnik Mela (VLEN) | area_total_km2 = 145.67 | population_total = 15,412 | population_density_km2 = 134.15 | area_code = +389 46 | website = {{URL|http://www.dibra.gov.mk|Official Website}} | timezone = CET | blank_name_sec1 = Vehicle registration | blank_info_sec1 = DB | utc_offset = +1 }} {{Short description|Municipality of North Macedonia}} {{Distinguish|Dibër (municipality){{!}}Dibër Municipality}}'''Debar''' ({{langx|mk|Општина Дебар}} {{IPA|mk|ˈdɛːbar||Mk-Debar.ogg}}, {{langx|sq|Komuna e Dibrës}}) is a municipality in western part of Republic of North Macedonia. ''Debar'' is also the name of the town where the municipal seat is found. Debar Municipality is part of the Southwestern Statistical Region.
==Geography== The municipality borders Mavrovo and Rostuša Municipality to the northeast, Kičevo Municipality to the southeast, Centar Župa Municipality to the south, and Albania to the west. ==Demographics== According to the 2021 North Macedonia census, this municipality has 15,412 inhabitants.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.stat.gov.mk/pdf/2022/2.1.22.10-mk-en.pdf |title=Попис на населението, домаќинствата и становите во Република Северна Македонија, 2021 - прв сет на податоци |website=stat.gov.mk |access-date=22 July 2022}}</ref>
Ethnic groups in the municipality include: {| class="wikitable" | | colspan="2" align="center"|2002 | colspan="2" align="center"|2021 |- | |align="center"|<small>Number</small> |align="center"|<small>%</small> |align="center"|<small>Number</small> |align="center"|<small>%</small> |- |'''TOTAL''' |align="center"|'''19,542''' |align="center"|'''100''' |align="center"|'''15,412''' |align="center"|'''100''' |- |Albanians |align="center"|11,348 |align="center"|58.07 |align="center"|8,438 |align="center"|54.75 |- |Turks |align="center"|2,684 |align="center"|13.74 |align="center"|2,733 |align="center"|17.73 |- |Macedonians |align="center"|3,911 |align="center"|20.01 |align="center"|1,155 |align="center"|7.49 |- |Roma |align="center"|1,080 |align="center"|5.53 |align="center"|1,140 |align="center"|7.4 |- |Bosniaks |align="center"|3 |align="center"|0.02 |align="center"|8 |align="center"|0.05 |- |Serbs |align="center"|22 |align="center"|0.11 |align="center"|5 |align="center"|0.03 |- |Vlachs |align="center"|2 |align="center"|0.01 |align="center"|2 |align="center"|0.01 |- |Other / Undeclared / Unknown |align="center"|492 |align="center"|2.52 |align="center"|432 |align="center"|2.81 |- |Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"|1,499 |align="center"|9.73 |- |}
Mother tongues in Debar Municipality include:<ref>[https://makstat.stat.gov.mk/PXWeb/pxweb/mk/MakStat/MakStat__Popisi__Popis2021__NaselenieVkupno__Naselenie__EtnoKulturniKarakteristiki/T1015P21.px/table/tableViewLayout2/?rxid=391f4298-cffb-441f-ab02-65f4b712d1f9 2021 census, municipality by mother tongue]{{Dead link|date=January 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref> *Albanian: 9,232 (59.9%) *Macedonian: 4,466 (29.0%) *Turkish: 189 (1.2%) *Others: 26 (0.1%) *Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources: 1,499 (9.7%)
Demographic development of Debar municipality within today borders.<ref>{{cite web |title=Archived copy |url=http://makstat.stat.gov.mk/pxweb2007bazi/Database/Censuses/Censuses%20of%20population%201948-2002/Censuses%20of%20population%201948-2002.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014071758/http://makstat.stat.gov.mk/pxweb2007bazi/Database/Censuses/Censuses%20of%20population%201948-2002/Censuses%20of%20population%201948-2002.asp |archive-date=2013-10-14 |access-date=2013-07-31}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Census year !! Total !! Macedonians !! % !! Albanians !! % !! Turks !! % !! Roma !! % !! Vlachs !! Serbs !! Bosniaks !! Other !Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources |- | 1953 || 10,258 || 3,392 || 33.07 || 5,819 || 56.73 || 776 || 7.56 || 83 || 0.81 || 2 || 114 || 0 || 72 |/ |- | 1961 || 11,162 || 2,025 || 18.14 || 6,476 || 58.02 || 2,002 || 17.94 || 0 || 0.00 || 0 || 86 || 0 || 573 |/ |- | 1971 || 13,802 || 2,022 || 14.65 || 8,793 || 63.71 || 2,414 || 17.49 || 0 || 0.00 || 0 || 106 || 0 || 467 |/ |- | 1981 || 16,952 || 2,358 || 13.91 || 9,981 || 58.88 || 1,130 || 6.67 || 1,030 || 6.08 || 0 || 37 || 0 || 2,416 |/ |- | 1994 || 19,010 || 4,266 || 22.44 || 10,935 || 57.52 || 1,875 || 9.86 || 1,103 || 5.80 || 1 || 34 || 0 || 796 |/ |- | 2002 || 19,542 || 3,911 || 20.02 || 11,348 || 58.09 || 2,684 || 13.74 || 1,080 || 5.53 || 2 || 22 || 3 || 492 |/ |- |2021 |15,412 |1,155 |7.49 |8,438 |54.75 |2,733 |17.73 |1,140 |7.4 |2 |5 |8 |432 |1,499 |}
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==External links== *[http://www.dibra.gov.mk/ Official website]
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Category:Debar Municipality Category:Southwestern Statistical Region Category:Municipalities of North Macedonia