Makedonski Brod Municipality

The municipality borders • Želino Municipality and Brvenica Municipality to the north, • Studeničani and Sopište municipalities to the northeast, • Čaška and Dolneni municipalities to the southeast, • Kruševo Municipality to the south, • Plasnica Municipality to the southwest, • Kičevo Municipality to the west, and • Gostivar Municipality to the northwest. The municipality includes the Kozjak Hydro Power Plant and the associated artificial lake, the largest such lake in the country. ==Demographics==

By the August 2004 territorial division of Macedonia, the rural Samokov Municipality was attached to Makedonski Brod Municipality, which then totaled 7,141 inhabitants. Before the merge, • The municipality of Makedonski Brod had 5,517 inhabitants in 1994 and 5,558 in 2002 • Samokov Municipality had 2,057 inhabitants in 1994 and 1,553 in 2002 • In the 2021 North Macedonia census, the municipality of Makedonski Brod had 5,889 people. ==Notable people==

• Gjurčin Naumov - Pljakot, revolutionary, born in Slansko • Tasa Konević, Macedonian Serb Chetnik, born in Krapa • Micko Krstić, Macedonian Serb Chetnik, born in Latovo • Zafir Premčević, Macedonian Serb Chetnik, born in Ljupšte • Trenko Rujanović, Macedonian Serb Chetnik, born in Krapa • Ilija Slanštanec, writer and historian, born in Slansko • Dane Stojanović, Macedonian Serb Chetnik, born in Krapa • Božidar Vidoeski, linguist, born in Zvečan ==References==