Probištip Municipality

Probištip Municipality (Општина Пробиштип ) is an urban municipality in eastern North Macedonia. Probištip is also the name of the city where the municipal seat is located. This municipality is part of the Eastern Statistical Region.

Geography
The municipality borders Kratovo Municipality to the north, Kočani and Češinovo-Obleševo municipalities to the east, Sveti Nikole Municipality to the west and Štip and Karbinci municipalities to the south.

The municipality spreads over the middle and lower part of the course of the Zletovska River.

Demographics
Following the 2003 territorial division of North Macedonia, the rural Zletovo Municipality was annexed to the Probištip Municipality. The former had 3,428 residents, while the latter had 12,963 inhabitants. The combined municipality, thus, had 16,193 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the municipality include the following:


 * Macedonians = 15,977 (98.7%)
 * others = 216 (1.3%)

Mining
The main economic contributer in the municipality is the lead and zinc mines of “Zletovo”, now called “Indo Minerals and Metals”, which have been in continuous exploitation since 1970. They have been bought by "Bulmak", a large Bulgarian mining company that has modernized the mines, which have been operating at full capacity.