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Updates: 

Update 10 to Geopolitical Entities and Codes (formerly FIPS 10-4) is dated 2012-12-31. It assigns a code to Kruševo, which had lacked one.

ISO 3166-2 Newsletter II-3 is dated 2011-12-15. It merely changes the sort order of the divisions of Macedonia.

The latest version of the FIPS standard is called "Geopolitical Entities and Codes", published in 2010-04. It lists codes for 83 of the 84 current municipalities in Macedonia. However, the code MKF2 was used for two entries, Aerodrom and Vinitsa. Update 4 to that standard was issued on 2011-04-30. It corrects the error by raising the last three codes in sequence to the next higher number.

ISO 3166-2 Newsletter Number I-9 was published on 2007-11-28. It assigns numeric ISO codes to the municipalities, superseding the former alphabetic codes. The old codes were the same as the HASC codes listed below, with hyphens rather than periods as delimiters.

ISO 3166-2 Newsletter I-8, published on 2007-04-17, has ISO codes for the municipalities of Macedonia. They can all be deduced from the HASC codes.

FIPS 10-4 Change Notice 11, dated 2006-07-11, has dropped "The Former Republic of" from the name of the country. According to FIPS, it is now simply Macedonia.

Change Notice 7 to FIPS PUB 10-4 is dated 2002-01-10. It assigns FIPS codes to the 123 municipalities of Macedonia (see Change history). These are the divisions that were enacted in 1996-09.

The Macedonian language uses a Cyrillic alphabet, which has to be transliterated for use in English. The transliteration uses the special characters č, Č, š, Š, ž, Ž, and Ð. In case they don't display properly on your browser, they represent, respectively, the letters c, C, s, S, z, and Z with carons, and the letter D with a horizontal bar.

In 1999, the CIA World Factbook had a list of municipalities for Macedonia which was similar to the pre-1996 list shown in "Administrative Subdivisions of Countries". The differences were that the Factbook used the name Murgaševo instead of Demir Hisar (the same place), and replaced Skopje with Skopje-Centar, Skopje-Cair, Skopje-Karpos, Skopje-Kisela Voda, and Skopje-Gazi Baba.

Country overview: 

Short name	MACEDONIA
ISO code	MK
FIPS code	MK
Language	Macedonian (mk)
Time zone	+1 ~
Capital	Skopje

 

The territory now constituting "the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" was part of the Ottoman Empire in 1900. By the Bucharest Peace Treaty of 1913-08-10, Serbia acquired the territory (except for a small area around Strumica, which was part of Bulgaria until World War I). Serbia, with Macedonia, became part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes on 1918-12-04. This kingdom was soon being called Yugoslavia, although the name didn't become official until 1929. Macedonia became one of the six constituent republics of Yugoslavia under the constitution of 1945. It declared independence from Yugoslavia on 1991-01-25. International recognition came slowly, primarily because Greece objected to its use of the name Macedonia. On 1995-09-13, Greece and Macedonia agreed to normalize relations.

Other names of country: 

1. Danish: Makedonien, Den Tidligere Jugoslaviske Republik Makedonien (formal)
2. Dutch: Macedonië, Republiek Macedonië (formal)
3. English: the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (formal), FYROM (informal)
4. Finnish: Makedonia, Entisen Jugoslavian tasavalta Makedonia (formal)
5. French: Macédoine, Ex-République f Yougoslave de Macédoine f (formal)
6. German: Mazedonien, Ehemalige jugoslawische Republik f Mazedonien n (formal)
7. Icelandic: Makedónía
8. Italian: Macedonia f
9. Macedonian: Republika Makedonija (formal)
10. Norwegian: Den tidligere jugolaviske republikk Makedonia (formal) (Bokmål), Den tidligere jugoslaviske republikken Makedonia (formal) (Nynorsk), Makedonia
11. Portuguese: Macedónia, Macedônia (Brazil), Antíga República f Jugoslava da Macedónia f (formal), Antíga República Iugoslava da Macedônia f (formal) (Brazil)
12. Russian: Бывшая Югославская Республика Македония (formal)
13. Spanish: Macedonia, la ex República f Yugoslava de Macedonia f (formal), Antigua República Yugoslava de Macedonia (formal)
14. Swedish: Makedonien
15. Turkish: Makedonya Eski Yugoslav Cumhuriyeti (formal)

Origin of name: 

from ethnic name Makedon, probably related to Ancient Greek makednos: extended, broad

Primary subdivisions: 

Macedonia is divided into 84 opštini (sing. opština: municipalities).

Municipality	HASC	ISO	FIPS	Population	Area(km.²)
Aerodrom *	MK.AD	01	MKF3	72,009
Aračinovo	MK.AR	02	MK01	11,597	38
Berovo	MK.BR	03	MK04	13,941	597
Bitola	MK.TL	04	MK06	95,385	790
Bogdanci	MK.BG	05	MK08	8,707	114
Bogovinje	MK.VJ	06	MKC7	28,997	141
Bosilovo	MK.BS	07	MK11	14,260	143
Brvenica	MK.BN	08	MK12	15,855	164
Butel *	MK.BU	09	MKF4	36,154
Centar *	MK.CE	77	MKD1	45,412	9
Centar Župa	MK.CZ	78	MK18	6,519	107
Čair *	MK.CI	79	MKC8	64,773	53
Čaška	MK.CA	80	MKC9	7,673	727
Češinovo-Obleševo	MK.CH	81	MK19	7,490	133
Čučer Sandevo	MK.CS	82	MK20	8,493	215
Debar	MK.DB	21	MKD2	19,542	85
Debartsa	MK.DA	22	MKF5	5,507	423
Delčevo	MK.DL	23	MK22	17,505	423
Demir Hisar	MK.DM	25	MKD3	9,497	480
Demir Kapija	MK.DK	24	MK25	4,545	312
Dojran	MK.SD	26	MKE5	3,426	129
Dolneni	MK.DE	27	MK28	13,568	418
Drugovo	MK.DR	28	MK30	3,249	383
Gazi Baba *	MK.GB	17	MK32	72,617	92
Gevgelija	MK.GV	18	MK33	22,988	484
Gjorče Petrov *	MK.GP	29	MK29	41,634	63
Gostivar	MK.GT	19	MKD4	81,042	375
Gradsko	MK.GR	20	MK35	3,760	291
Ilinden	MK.IL	34	MK36	15,894	97
Jegunovtse	MK.JG	35	MKD5	10,790	174
Karbinci	MK.KB	37	MK40	4,012	231
Karpoš *	MK.KX	38	MK41	59,666	21
Kavadartsi	MK.AV	36	MKD6	38,741	998
Kičevo	MK.KH	40	MK43	30,138	48
Kisela Voda *	MK.VD	39	MK44	57,236	43
Kočani	MK.OC	42	MK46	38,092	357
Konče	MK.KN	41	MK47	3,536	233
Kratovo	MK.KY	43	MK51	10,441	375
Kriva Palanka	MK.KZ	44	MK52	20,820	482
Krivogaštani	MK.KG	45	MK53	6,150	88
Kruševo	MK.KS	46	MK54	9,684	190
Kumanovo	MK.UM	47	MKD7	105,484	432
Lipkovo	MK.LI	48	MK59	27,058	270
Lozovo	MK.LO	49	MK60	2,858	166
Makedonska Kamenica	MK.MK	51	MK62	8,110	189
Makedonski Brod	MK.MD	52	MKD8	7,141	875
Mavrovo and Rostuša	MK.MR	50	MKE4	8,618	856
Mogila	MK.MG	53	MKD9	6,710	255
Negotino	MK.NG	54	MK69	19,212	414
Novatsi	MK.NV	55	MKE1	3,549	755
Novo Selo	MK.NS	56	MK72	11,567	257
Ohrid	MK.OD	58	MKE2	55,749	392
Oslomej	MK.OS	57	MK77	10,420	137
Pehčevo	MK.PH	60	MK78	5,517	208
Petrovec	MK.PE	59	MK79	8,255	222
Plasnica	MK.PN	61	MK80	4,545	54
Prilep	MK.PP	62	MKE3	76,768	1,198
Probištip	MK.PT	63	MK83	16,193	326
Radoviš	MK.RV	64	MK84	28,244	502
Rankovce	MK.RN	65	MK85	4,144	240
Resen	MK.RE	66	MK86	16,825	549
Rosoman	MK.RM	67	MK87	4,141	133
Saraj *	MK.AJ	68	MK90	35,408	230
Štip	MK.ST	83	MK98	47,796	583
Šuto Orizari *	MK.SO	84	MKA3	22,017	6
Sopište	MK.SS	70	MK92	5,656	223
Staro Nagoričane	MK.NA	71	MK97	4,840	515
Struga	MK.UG	72	MKE6	63,376	469
Strumitsa	MK.RU	73	MKE7	54,676	311
Studeničani	MK.SU	74	MKA2	17,246	276
Sveti Nikole	MK.SL	69	MKA4	18,497	483
Tearce	MK.TR	75	MKA5	22,454	137
Tetovo	MK.ET	76	MKE8	86,580	262
Valandovo	MK.VA	10	MKE9	11,890	331
Vasilevo	MK.VL	11	MKA9	12,122	231
Veles	MK.VE	13	MKF1	55,108	518
Vevčani	MK.VV	12	MKB3	2,433	35
Vinitsa	MK.NI	14	MKF2	19,938	432
Vraneštica	MK.VC	15	MKB6	1,322	109
Vrapčište	MK.VH	16	MKB7	25,399	157
Zajas	MK.ZA	31	MKC1	11,605	161
Zelenikovo	MK.ZK	32	MKC2	4,077	177
Želino	MK.ZE	30	MKC3	24,390	201
Zrnovci	MK.ZR	33	MKC6	3,264	52
84 municipalities				2,022,547	25,713
Municipality: The ten municipalities marked with an asterisk constitute Greater Skopje. HASC: Hierarchical administrative subdivision codes. ISO: Codes from ISO 3166-2 FIPS: "Geopolitical Entities and Codes." Population: 2002-10-31 census. Area: Calculated by adding areas of components.

Postal codes: 

When Macedonia first gained independence from Yugoslavia, it continued to use the old Yugoslav postal codes. They were five digits, and for locations in Macedonia, the first digit was 9. More recently, Macedonia has begun to use four-digit postal codes. For international mail, especially from Europe, it is optional to prefix the postal code with MK- or MAK-.

Further subdivisions:

1. In 1968, Skopje commune is shown divided into three parts: Idadija, Kale, and Kisela Voda.
2. In 1994, Skopje municipality is shown divided into five parts: Čair, Centar, Gazi Baba, Karpoš, and Kisela Voda.

Change history: 

1. I've made use of the chronology found in source [7].
2. The territory of Macedonia was parts of the Turkish provinces of Kosovo, Monastir, and Saloniki before 1913. From 1918 to 1945 it was part of Serbia within Yugoslavia.
3. 1945: Macedonia became a republic of Yugoslavia, subdivided into the kotari (regions) of Bitola, Kumanovo, Ohrid, Skopje, Štip, Tetovo, and Titov Veles. The Ministry site disagrees. It says that by a 1945 law, Macedonia was divided into four okruzi (regions), 32 okolii, and 894 local people's committees.
4. 1952-1955: Regions abolished and replaced by opštini (communes).
5. 1952: Number of opshtini retuced from 223 to 86, and of okolii from 18 to 7.
6. 1957: Number of opshtini reduced to 73.
7. 1965: New law reduced the number of opshtini to 32, and abolished the okolii.
8. 1976: Macedonia had 34 opshtini, including Centar, Čair, Gazi Baba, Karpoš, and Kisela Voda. The latter five, considered as a unit, formed Skopje City, which had the special status of opshtini-like political union (opštestveno-politička zaednica).

Commune	HASC	Population	Area(km.²)	Area(mi.²)
Berovo	MK.BV	19,737	807	312
Bitola	MK.BT	106,012	1,699	656
Brod	MK.BD	10,912	924	357
Debar	MK.DB	26,449	264	102
Delčevo	MK.DC	25,052	585	226
Demir Hisar	MK.DH	10,321	431	166
Gevgelija	MK.GG	34,767	757	292
Gostivar	MK.GS	108,189	1,356	524
Kavadarci	MK.KA	41,801	1,134	438
Kičevo	MK.KI	53,044	852	329
Kočani	MK.KO	48,105	571	220
Kratovo	MK.KY	10,855	376	145
Kriva Palanka	MK.KP	25,112	720	278
Kruševo	MK.KR	11,981	201	78
Kumanovo	MK.KU	126,543	1,190	459
Negotino	MK.NE	23,094	736	284
Ohrid	MK.OH	60,841	1,031	398
Prilep	MK.PL	93,248	1,824	704
Probištip	MK.PS	16,375	326	126
Radoviš	MK.RA	30,375	736	284
Resen	MK.RE	17,467	739	285
Skopje	MK.SK	541,280	1,840	710
Štip	MK.SP	50,531	810	313
Struga	MK.SG	62,305	541	209
Strumica	MK.SM	89,759	953	368
Sveti Nikole	MK.SN	21,391	645	249
Tetovo	MK.TE	174,748	1,080	417
Titov Veles	MK.TV	65,523	1,536	593
Valandovo	MK.VA	12,049	331	128
Vinica	MK.VI	19,010	438	169
30 communes		1,936,876	25,433	9,819
HASC: Hierarchical administrative subdivision codes. Population: 1994-06-20 census (source [8]). Capitals have the same name as their municipalities.

1. Note: In the above table, I originally assigned Kratovo a HASC code of MK.KT. I have changed it to MK.KY because it appears to have the same boundaries as the municipality called Kratovo after 1996.
2. 1991-11-20: New constitution specified a division into municipalities, equivalent to the former communes, with the City of Skopje as a special unit.
3. 1996-09: Macedonia reorganized into 123 opštini (sing. opština: municipalities), as shown in the following table, by a Law on Territorial Division.

Municipality	HASC	FIPS	Pop-2002	Pop-1994	Area(km.²)	Old	New
Aračinovo	MK.AR	MK01	11,992	9,960	38	SK	AR
Bač	MK.BA	MK02	755	963	238	BT	NV
Belčišta	MK.BE	MK03	2,940	3,354	363	OH	DA
Berovo	MK.BR	MK04	13,941	14,179	597	BV	BR
Bistrica	MK.BI	MK05	5,042	5,779	234	BT	TL
Bitola	MK.BO	MK06	86,408	86,176	236	BT	TL
Blatec	MK.BL	MK07	2,024	2,005	97	VI	NI
Bogdanci	MK.BG	MK08	8,707	8,899	114	GG	BG
Bogomila	MK.BM	MK09	1,252	1,336	262	TV	CA
Bogovinje	MK.BJ	MK10	14,555	13,001	71	TE	VJ
Bosilovo	MK.BS	MK11	12,457	12,476	143	SM	BS
Brvenica	MK.BN	MK12	15,855	14,793	164	TE	BN
Čair *	MK.CR	MK13	68,395	63,375	53	SK	BU,CI
Capari	MK.CP	MK14	1,424	1,793	164	BT	TL
Čaška	MK.CK	MK15	2,878	2,876	231	TV	CA
Čegrane	MK.CG	MK16	12,310	11,746	69	GS	GT
Centar *	MK.CE	MK17	82,604	85,021	9	SK	CE
Centar Župa	MK.CZ	MK18	6,299	62,006	107	DB	CZ
Češinovo	MK.CN	MK19	2,419	2,540	51	KO	CH
Čučer-Sandevo	MK.CS	MK20	8,493	8,064	215	SK	CS
Debar	MK.DB	MK21	17,952	175,886	85	DB	DB
Delčevo	MK.DL	MK22	17,505	17,726	423	DC	DL
Delogoždi	MK.DG	MK23	7,884	6,561	56	SG	UG
Demir Hisar	MK.DX	MK24	7,178	7,616	219	DH	DM
Demir Kapija	MK.DK	MK25	4,545	4,815	312	NE	DK
Dobruševo	MK.DO	MK26	2,174	2,379	98	BT	MG
Dolna Banjica	MK.DJ	MK27	9,467	7,791	55	GS	GT
Dolneni	MK.DN	MK28	11,583	11,705	390	PL	DE
Ðorče Petrov *	MK.GP	MK29	41,490	37,961	63	SK	GP
Drugovo	MK.DR	MK30	3,249	3,555	383	KI	DR
Džepčište	MK.DZ	MK31	7,919	7,286	32	TE	ET
Gazi Baba *	MK.GB	MK32	72,222	67,664	92	SK	GB
Gevgelija	MK.GE	MK33	20,362	19,488	317	GG	GV
Gostivar	MK.GO	MK34	49,545	45,740	50	GS	GT
Gradsko	MK.GR	MK35	3,760	3,822	291	TV	GR
Ilinden	MK.IL	MK36	15,894	14,512	97	SK	IL
Izvor	MK.IZ	MK37	1,049	1,157	234	TV	CA
Jegunovce	MK.JE	MK38	7,227	7,013	78	TE	JG
Kamenjane	MK.KJ	MK39	14,442	12,136	70	TE	VJ
Karbinci	MK.KB	MK40	4,012	4,342	231	SP	KB
Karpoš *	MK.KX	MK41	59,810	58,359	21	SK	KX
Kavadarci	MK.KD	MK42	38,391	37,189	392	KA	AV
Kičevo	MK.KH	MK43	30,138	27,543	48	KI	KH
Kisela Voda *	MK.KV	MK44	125,379	118,079	43	SK	AD,VD
Klečevce	MK.KL	MK45	1,609	2,162	164	KU	NA
Kočani	MK.KC	MK46	33,689	32,051	229	KO	OC
Konče	MK.KN	MK47	3,536	3,713	233	RA	KN
Kondovo	MK.KW	MK48	11,155	9,840	74	SK	AJ
Konopište	MK.KF	MK49	350	510	606	KA	AV
Kosel	MK.KE	MK50	1,369	1,759	182	OH	OD
Kratovo	MK.KY	MK51	10,441	10,898	375	KY	KY
Kriva Palanka	MK.KZ	MK52	20,820	20,782	482	KP	KZ
Krivogaštani	MK.KG	MK53	6,007	6,312	88	PL	KG
Kruševo	MK.KS	MK54	9,684	9,821	190	KR	KS
Kukliš	MK.KK	MK55	4,449	4,682	125	SM	RU
Kukurečani	MK.KQ	MK56	2,511	2,859	156	BT	TL
Kumanovo	MK.KM	MK57	103,205	94,589	297	KU	UM
Labuništa	MK.LA	MK58	8,935	9,312	57	SG	UG
Lipkovo	MK.LI	MK59	27,058	24,351	270	KU	LI
Lozovo	MK.LO	MK60	2,858	2,916	166	SN	LO
Lukovo	MK.LU	MK61	1,509	1,932	197	SG	UG
Makedonska Kamenica	MK.MK	MK62	8,110	8,084	189	DC	MK
Makedonski Brod	MK.MB	MK63	5,588	5,517	403	BD	MD
Mavrovi Anovi	MK.MA	MK64	984	1,349	484	GS	MR
Mešeišta	MK.ME	MK65	2,567	2,918	60	OH	DA
Miravci	MK.MI	MK66	2,626	2,779	167	GG	GV
Mogila	MK.MO	MK67	4,536	4,954	157	BT	MG
Murtino	MK.MU	MK68	6,544	6,230	52	SM	RU
Negotino	MK.NG	MK69	19,212	18,341	414	NE	NG
Negotino-Pološko	MK.NP	MK70	16,813	14,992	98	GS	VH
Novaci	MK.NO	MK71	2,478	2,844	186	BT	NV
Novo Selo	MK.NS	MK72	11,966	12,382	257	SM	NS
Obleševo	MK.OB	MK73	5,071	5,356	82	KO	CH
Ohrid	MK.OX	MK74	54,380	52,732	210	OH	OD
Orašac	MK.OR	MK75	1,252	1,638	135	KU	UM
Orizari	MK.OZ	MK76	4,403	4,724	128	KO	OC
Oslomej	MK.OS	MK77	10,425	9,170	137	KI	OS
Pehčevo	MK.PH	MK78	5,517	5,650	208	BV	PH
Petrovec	MK.PE	MK79	8,255	8,123	222	SK	PE
Plasnica	MK.PN	MK80	4,545	4,449	54	BD	PN
Podareš	MK.PO	MK81	3,746	3,669	128	RA	RV
Prilep	MK.PR	MK82	73,351	71,899	544	PL	PP
Probištip	MK.PB	MK83	12,765	12,963	205	PS	PT
Radoviš	MK.RD	MK84	24,498	23,143	374	RA	RV
Rankovce	MK.RN	MK85	4,144	4,347	240	KP	RN
Resen	MK.RE	MK86	16,825	17,681	549	RE	RE
Rosoman	MK.RM	MK87	4,141	4,238	133	KA	RM
Rostuša	MK.RT	MK88	9,451	10,366	372	GS	MR
Samokov	MK.SA	MK89	1,553	2,057	472	BD	MD
Saraj	MK.SJ	MK90	24,253	21,302	156	SK	AJ
Šipkovica	MK.SI	MK91	7,820	6,797	145	TE	ET
Sopište	MK.SS	MK92	9,522	9,684	223	SK	SS
Sopotnica	MK.SC	MK93	2,319	2,994	261	DH	DM
Srbinovo	MK.SB	MK94	3,709	3,951	112	GS	GT
Staravina	MK.SV	MK95	316	456	331	BT	NV
Star Dojran	MK.SD	MK96	3,426	3,651	129	GG	SD
Staro Nagoričane	MK.SE	MK97	4,258	5,074	351	KU	NA
Štip	MK.ST	MK98	47,796	46,372	583	SP	ST
Struga	MK.SQ	MK99	36,892	35,509	136	SG	UG
Strumica	MK.SR	MKA1	45,087	43,868	134	SM	RU
Studeničani	MK.SU	MKA2	17,246	14,747	276	SK	SU
Šuto Orizari *	MK.SO	MKA3	17,357	14,301	6	SK	SO
Sveti Nikole	MK.SL	MKA4	18,497	18,528	483	SN	SL
Tearce	MK.TR	MKA5	22,454	20,797	137	TE	TR
Tetovo	MK.TT	MKA6	70,841	65,318	85	TE	ET
Topolčani	MK.TO	MKA7	2,923	3,385	159	PL	PP
Valandovo	MK.VA	MKA8	11,890	12,092	331	VA	VA
Vasilevo	MK.VL	MKA9	12,122	11,409	231	SM	VL
Veles	MK.VE	MKB1	57,602	56,751	518	TV	VE
Velešta	MK.VS	MKB2	8,156	6,917	23	SG	UG
Vevčani	MK.VV	MKB3	2,433	2,448	35	SG	VV
Vinica	MK.VN	MKB4	17,914	17,058	335	VI	NI
Vitolište	MK.VT	MKB5	494	882	495	PL	PP
Vraneštica	MK.VC	MKB6	1,322	1,650	109	KI	VC
Vrapčište	MK.VP	MKB7	8,586	8,416	59	GS	VH
Vratnica	MK.VR	MKB8	3,563	3,270	96	TE	JG
Vrutok	MK.VK	MKB9	5,999	5,460	89	GS	GT
Zajas	MK.ZA	MKC1	11,605	10,055	161	KI	ZA
Zelenikovo	MK.ZK	MKC2	4,077	4,236	177	SK	ZK
Želino	MK.ZE	MKC3	24,390	21,760	201	TE	ZE
Žitoše	MK.ZI	MKC4	2,128	2,116	28	KR	DE
Zletovo	MK.ZL	MKC5	3,428	3,687	121	PS	PT
Zrnovci	MK.ZR	MKC6	3,264	3,344	52	KO	ZR
123 municipalities			2,022,547	1,945,932	25,713
Municipality: The seven municipalities marked with an asterisk constitute Greater Skopje. HASC: Hierarchical administrative subdivision codes. FIPS: Codes from FIPS PUB 10-4. Pop-1994: 1994-06-20 census (source [9]). Pop-2002: 2002-10-31 census. Old: Pre-1996 municipality from which this division was taken (end of HASC). New: Post-2004 municipality to which this division belongs (end of HASC).

1. This Macedonian government webpage , and its Macedonian language version , list the country divisions at NUTS levels 3, 4, and 5. The NUTS-3 divisions are eight arbitrary statistical regions. The NUTS-4 divisions are the same as the thirty communes from the period before 1996, except that Skopje is replaced by five NUTS-4 divisions: Čair, Centar, Gazi Baba, Karpoš, and Kisela Voda. The NUTS-5 divisions are the 123 municipalities. However, these documents don't give the specific NUTS codes used.
2. 2004-08-11: Law on Territorial Organization passed by Parliament (and published in official gazette on 2004-08-16), reorganizing Macedonia into 84 municipalities, as shown under Primary subdivisions. In most cases, the new municipalities are equal to one or several of the old ones, but Butel municipality was split from Čair and Aerodrom municipality from Kisela Voda.
4. With one exception, each of the 84 municipalities is a subset of one of the thirty pre-1996 communes. The exception is Dolneni (HASC code MK.DE). It consists of two 1996-2004-era municipalities: Dolneni (MK.DN) and Žitoše (MK.ZI). Going back before 1996, those areas were in Prilep (MK.PL) and Kruševo (MK.KR), respectively.

Other names of subdivisions: 

The Macedonian language is written in the Cyrillic alphabet, so the usual vagaries of transliteration are found. For example, č and š may be transliterated as c and s, or as ch and sh.

1. Bitola: Bitolia, Monastir (obsolete)
2. Brod: Makedonska Brod (variant)
3. Demir Hisar: Murgaševo (variant)
4. Džepčište: Dzhepishte (variant)
5. Gevgelija: Djevdjelija (variant)
6. Gostivar: Kostovo (obsolete)
7. Ohrid: Ochrida, Okhrida (obsolete)
8. Skopje: Skopie (Spanish); Skoplie, Üskub, Uskup (obsolete); Skoplje (Dutch, Spanish)
9. Štip: Ishtip, Istib (obsolete)
10. Titov Veles: Veles (variant)

Sources: 

1. [1] Mardešić, Petar, and Zvonimir Dugački. Geografski Atlas Jugoslavije. Zagreb: Znanje, 1961.
2. [2] Mardešić, Petar, and Oto Oppitz. Jugoslavenski Leksikografski Zavod. Zagreb, 1969.
3. [3] Territory and Administration in Europe. Robert Bennett, ed. Pinter Publishers, London and New York, 1989.
4. [4] Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States 1992. Europa Publications Ltd., London, 1992.
5. [5] A UNEP report  on pollution in Macedonia contains several maps showing 29 "counties" (the pre-1996 divisions). The clearest is on page 40. Note: the missing county, Valandovo, is in the northeast part of Gevgelija. (Retrieved 2009-12-21; in Macedonian.)
6. [6] The Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in the Republic of Macedonia, 2002 - Book XIII , on the State Statistical Office website, lists 84 municipalities, and has a map of municipalities (page 7). (Retrieved 2009-12-21; bilingual.)

7. [7] Territorial chronology, Ministry of Local Government, http://www.mls.gov.mk/default.asp?id=teritorial (dead link, retrieved 2006-09-08). A copy can be found on the Internet Archive  site. I did my best to translate it from Macedonian. It lacks substantiating details, so there is no good way to settle discrepancies between the Ministry's information and other sources.
8. [8] "Ershiyi (21) Shiji Shijie Diming Lu". Beijing, 2001.

9. [9] Ministry of Local Self-Government ). The figures shown in this source don't add up to the total given.