Eastern Statistical Region
The East region is one of the eight statistical regions in the Republic of Macedonia. It is located in the eastern part of the country, bordering Bulgaria. Furthermore, it has common borders with the regions Vardar, Skopje, northeast and southeast.
Regions meet in Macedonia no administrative tasks, but are only for statistical purposes since. However, Some of them are based on historical regions that are economically and culturally linked and were.
Structure
The East Region is composed of the following 13 Opštini:
Demography
According to the 2002 census, the population of the Eastern region amounted to 203 213 people.