{{Short description|Municipality in Polog, North Macedonia}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Municipality of Tearce | native_name = Општина Теарце<br/>Komuna e Tearcës | settlement_type = Rural municipality | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{NMK}} | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = 13px Polog | image_shield = Coat of arms of Tearce Municipality.svg | image_flag = | image_map = Map of Tearce Municipality.svg | seat_type = Municipal seat | seat = Tearce | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Daut Memishi (VLEN) | area_total_km2 = 136.54 | population_total = 17,694 | population_density_km2 = 164.45 | area_code = 044 | blank_name_sec1 = Vehicle registration | blank_info_sec1 = TE | postal_code = 1224 | website = {{URL|http://www.tearce.gov.mk|Official Website}} | timezone = CET | utc_offset = +1 }}

'''Tearce''' ({{langx|mk|Теарце}} {{IPA|mk|ˈtɛ.artsɛ||Mk-Tearce.ogg}}; Albanian:Tearcë) is a municipality in northwestern North Macedonia. ''Tearce'' is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found. Tearce Municipality is part of the Polog Statistical Region.

==Geography== The municipality borders Kosovo to the north, Jegunovce Municipality to the east and south, and Tetovo Municipality to the west.

==Demographics== According to the 2021 North Macedonia census, this municipality has 17,694 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:

{| 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"|'''22,454''' |align="center"|'''100''' |align="center"|'''17,694''' |align="center"|'''100''' |- |Albanians |align="center"|18,950 |align="center"|84.39 |align="center"|14,704 |align="center"|83.1 |- |Macedonians |align="center"|2,739 |align="center"|12.2 |align="center"|2,114 |align="center"|11.95 |- |Turks |align="center"|516 |align="center"|2.3 |align="center"|382 |align="center"|2.16 |- |Roma |align="center"|67 |align="center"|0.3 |align="center"|50 |align="center"|0.28 |- |Serbs |align="center"|14 |align="center"|0.06 |align="center"|22 |align="center"|0.12 |- |Bosniaks |align="center"|1 |align="center"|0.01 |align="center"| |align="center"| |- |Other / Undeclared / Unknown |align="center"|167 |align="center"|0.74 |align="center"|24 |align="center"|0.14 |- |Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center"|398 |align="center"|2.25 |}

{| class="toccolours" align="center" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin:0 0 1em 1em; font-size: 95%;" |- ! colspan=2 bgcolor="#F0F8FF" align="center"| Demographics of '''Tearce Municipality''' || |- ! align="center"| Census year !! align="right"| Population |- | colspan=3|<hr> |- | align="center"| 1994 || align="right"| 20,797 |- | colspan=3|<hr> |- | align="center"| [http://www.stat.gov.mk/pdf/kniga_13.pdf 2002] || align="right"| 22,454 |- | colspan=3|<hr> |- | align="center"| 2021 || align="right"| 17,694 |- |}

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