Albanians are the largest
ethnic minority in the
Republic of Macedonia. Of the 2,022,547 citizens of Macedonia, 509,083, or 25.2%, are Albanian according to the latest national census in 2002. The Albanian minority lives mostly in the north-western part of the country. The largest Albanian communities are in the municipalities of
Tetovo (70.3% of the total population),
Gostivar (66.7%),
Debar (58.1%),
Struga (56.8%),
Kicevo (54.5%),
Kumanovo (25.8%) and
Skopje (20.4%).