Municipality of Struga (, ) is a municipality in western North Macedonia. Struga is also the name of the town where the municipal seat is found. Struga Municipality is part of the Southwestern Statistical Region. Geography The municipality borders Lake Ohrid to the south, Debarca Municipality to the east, Centar Župa Municipality to the north, and Vevčani Municipality and Albania to the west. Inhabited places The only town in the municipality is Struga. Besides Struga, there are additional 50 villages: Bezovo, Bidževo, Bogojci, Brčevo, Burinec, Delogoždi, Draslajca, Dolna Belica, Dolno Tateši, Dobovjani, Drenok, Džepin, Frangovo, Globočica, Gorna Belica, Gorno Tateši, Jablanica, Kališta, Korošišta, Labuništa, Lakaica, Livada, Lokov, Ložani, Lukovo, Mali Vlaj, Misleševo, Mislodežda, Modrič, Moroišta, Nerezi, Novo Selo, Oktisi, Piskupština, Podgorci, Poum, Prisovjani, Radolišta, Radožda, Ržanovo, Selci, Šum, Tašmaruništa, Toska, Velešta, Višni, Vraništa, Zagračani and Zbaždi. Demographics Prior to 2004 adjustment After 2004 the municipalities of Delogoždi, Labuništa, Lukova and Velešta merged with Struga Municipality and the demographics changed. Before that, the demographics of the municipality was: Ethnic groups. Languages Religion Post-2004 Mother tongues according to the 2002 and 2021 censuses. According to the last national census from 2021 this municipality has 50,980 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the municipality include: According to the 2002 census, the religions practiced the municipality are: The ethnic composition and numbers of most communities in the Struga region have remained static apart from the Macedonian Muslim (Torbeš) population who mostly self-declare themselves as either Albanians or Turks. Macedonian Muslims are located in the religiously mixed villages of Boroec, Jablanica, Labuništa, Oktisi and Podgorci, where they live alongside Orthodox Macedonians. Amidst the Albanian population of Zagračani are a few Macedonian Muslim families originating from Oktisi and Podgorci who now speak Albanian. The Struga area is home to various dialects spoken by Macedonians, such as the Vevčani-Radožda dialect. The Macedonian language is a second language for most of the non-Slavic ethnic groups in the Struga region. Some communities are bilingual and other ethnic groups are trilingual due to their religious (Islamic) heritage. Many Albanians have a good working knowledge of the variety of Turkish spoken in the Struga area and it serves as a third language for them. Local Macedonians rarely have knowledge of languages spoken by other ethnic groups living in the Struga area. Aromanians traditionally used to live in two villages of the Struga region, the now abandoned settlement of Gorna Belica alongside Albanians that