Dibra

Debar Дебaр Dibër
Town
Debar with Debar Lake to the left
Debar Location within Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°31′N 20°32′E / 41.517°N 20.533°E / 41.517; 20.533
Country	Macedonia
Municipality	Debar Municipality
Government
• Mayor	Ruzhdi Lata (DUI)
Population (2002)
• Total	14,561
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	1250
Climate	Cfb
Website	www.dibra.gov.mk

Debar (Macedonian: Дебaр [ˈdɛːbar]; in Albanian; Dibër/Dibra or Dibra e Madhe) is a city in the western part of the Republic of Macedonia, near the border with Albania, off the road from Struga to Gostivar. It is the seat of Debar Municipality. Debar has an ethnic Albanian majority of 74% and is the Republic of Macedonia's only city in which ethnic Macedonians do not rank first or second demographically. The official languages are Albanian and Macedonian.

The name of the city in Macedonian is Debar (Дебар). In Albanian; Dibër/Dibra or Dibra e Madhe (meaning: Big Dibra, in contrast to the other Dibër in Albania). In Serbian Debar (Дебар), in Bulgarian Debǎr (Дебър), in Turkish Debre or Debre-i Bala, in Greek, Dívrē (Δίβρη) or Dívra (Δίβρα) and in Roman times as Deborus

Debar is surrounded by the Dešat, Stogovo, Jablanica and Bistra mountains. It is located 625 meters above sea level, next to Lake Debar, the Black Drin River and its smaller break-off river, Radika.