# Debarca Municipality

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**Debarca** (Macedonian: Дебарца) is a municipality in the [Southwestern Statistical Region](/source/Southwestern_Statistical_Region) of [North Macedonia](/source/North_Macedonia). The village of [Belčišta](/source/Bel%C4%8Di%C5%A1ta) is the municipal seat. It is the municipality in which [Ohrid "St. Paul the Apostle" Airport](/source/Ohrid_%22St._Paul_the_Apostle%22_Airport) is located, the second of two international airports in the county.

## Geography

The municipality borders [Kičevo Municipality](/source/Ki%C4%8Devo_Municipality) to the northeast, [Demir Hisar Municipality](/source/Demir_Hisar_Municipality) to the east, [Ohrid Municipality](/source/Ohrid_Municipality) to the south, and [Struga Municipality](/source/Struga_Municipality) to the west.

The municipality encompasses the Debarca Valley, part of the Sateska River watershed that flows into Lake Ohrid and belongs to the Lake Ohrid Drainage Basin.

The majority of the villages are nestled between the Karaorman Mountain in the west and Ilinska Mountain in the east.

## Demographics

The municipality consists of 30 villages. According to the 2021 North Macedonia census, this municipality has 3,719 inhabitants.[2]

2002 2021 Number % Number % TOTAL 5,507 100 3,719 100 Macedonians 5,324 96.68 3,330 89.54 Albanians 153 2.78 59 1.59 Bosniaks 3 0.08 Turks 2 0.04 2 0.05 Serbs 8 0.15 1 0.03 Vlachs 1 0.01 Other / Undeclared / Unknown 19 0.34 8 0.21 Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 316 8.5

## References

1. [Local Elections 2025 – Mayor of Debarca](https://rezultati.sec.mk/en/mayr/r/8). State Election Commission.

1. ["Попис на населението, домаќинствата и становите во Република Северна Македонија, 2021 - прв сет на податоци"](https://www.stat.gov.mk/pdf/2022/2.1.22.10-mk-en.pdf). *stat.gov.mk*. Retrieved 22 July 2022.

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