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Gostivar (Municipality, Macedonia)

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Flag of Gostivar - Image by Jens Pattke, 8 October 2005

Presentation of Gostivar
Flag of Gostivar
Former municipality of Srbinovo
Former municipality of Čegrane

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Presentation of Gostivar

The municipality of Gostivar (81,042 inhabitants; 513.39 sq. km) is made of the town of Gostivar and the 34 settlements of Balni Dol, Belovište, Brodec, Brutok, Gorna Banjica, Gorno Jelovce, Gorna Đonovica, Debreše, Dolna Banjica, Dolno Jelovce, Dolna Đonovica, Železna Reka, Zdunje, Korito, Kunovo, Lakavica,Lešnica, Malo Turčane, Merdita, Mitroj Krsti, Padalište, Pečkovo, Simnica, Srbinovo, Sušika, Strajane, Raven, Rečane, Trnovo, Tumčevište, Kjafa, Forino, Čajle and Čegrane.

Gostivar is located in northwestern Macedonia, in the lower Polog valley, 530 m a.s.l. The city developed in the second half of the XIXth century as a famous trade place, where merchants from Kičevo, Tetovo and Veles met on the Tuesday's market.
The ski resort Zare Lazarevksi is located 25 km from Gostivar in the Mavrovo National Park.

Ivan Sache, 11 June 2006

Flag of Gostivar

Article 8 of the municipal statutes prescribe the flag as follows:

The flag of the municipality is rectangular in shape, in dark-gray colour, with the municipal coat of arms in the upper left corner.

The colour of the flag used in the streets and elsewhere is mostly grayish-blue. I have never seen a gray flag there.

Valentin Poposki, 11 June 2006

Vertical flag of Gostivar - Image by Ivan Sache & Jens Pattke, 11 June 2006

The municipal website of Gostivar shows a picture with four vertical flags, from viewer's left to right Macedonia, Albania, Gostivar and an unidentified blue flag.
The unofficial vertical flag of Gostivar shown there is vertical with the coat of arms properly rotated and apparently located at mid flag.

Ivan Sache & Valentin Poposki, 11 June 2006

Former municipality of Srbinovo

Flag of Srbinovo - Image by Ivan Sache, 25 February 2002

The small town of Srbinovo (3,951 inhabitants in 1994) is located somewhere half way between Kičevo and Gostivar, surrounded by high mountains with several high peaks. Railway passes by it over high bridges and through number of tunnels in the valley of river Lakavicka.
In spite of what the name would suggest, I don't think that there is a Serbian minority of any importance here. The wider region does have considerable percentages of Macedonians, Albanians, Turks and Muslims (according to 1981 census), but I don't have data for specific towns separately. However, I would suppose that in these high mountains remaining Turks and Muslims would to be found.
Srbinovo was incorporated into the municipality of Gostivar in 2004.

The flag of Srbinovo is vertical, in proportion 2:1, vertically divided red-green with a blue triangle in the upper part and the municipal emblem skewed to the upper part.
The emblem shows the local landscape.

Source: Macedonian Ministry of Local Self-Government website (page no longer online)

Željko Heimer & Ivan Sache, 10 June 2006

Former municipality of Čegrane

Flag of Čegrane - Image by Ivan Sache, 25 February 2002

The town of Čegrane (11,746 inhabitants in 1994), located 20 km south of Tetovo was incorporated into the municipality of Gostivar in 2004.

The flag of Čegrane is in proportion 1:2, horizontally divided red-black. A disc horizontally divided white-green is placed in the left half of the flag.

Source: Macedonian Ministry of Local Self-Government website (page no longer online)

Željko Heimer & Ivan Sache, 10 June 2006