Delčevo

This article covers the Macedonian city of Delčevo. For further meanings see Delschewo .

Delčevo Делчево
Basic data
Region :	east
Municipality :	Delčevo
Coordinates :	41 ° 59 ′  N , 22 ° 46 ′  E Coordinates: 41 ° 58 ′ 36 "  N , 22 ° 46 ′ 0"  E
Height :	640  m. i. J.
Area (Opština) :	422.39  km²
Residents :	11,500 (2002)
Inhabitants (Opština) :	17,505 (2002)
Population density :	41 inhabitants per km²
Telephone code :	(+389) 033
Postal code :	2320
License plate :	DE
Structure and administration
Website :	www.delcevo.gov.mk

Delčevo, 2009

Delčevo ( Cyrillic Делчево ) is a city in eastern North Macedonia . It is the administrative seat of the eponymous municipality Delčevo , which belongs to the Štip region. Until 1950 the city was called Carevo selo ( Cyrillic Царево село ).

geography

The city of Delčevo is 164 km from the Macedonian capital Skopje , not far from the Bulgarian border, at 590 to 640 meters above sea level. It is the largest settlement in the region and has good transport links to other regions. In addition, the Golak mountain is the highest point in the region.

population

In the 2002 census, Delčevo had a population of 11,500. These are distributed among the individual ethnic groups as follows:

Ethnic group	number	in %
Macedonians	10,761	93.57
Roma	564	4.90
Other	175	1.52
All in all	11,500	100%

history

According to tradition, today's Delčevo was once called Vasiljevo .

It was first mentioned between 1347 and 1359 under the name Carevo selo .

Until the beginning of the 20th century the place was a village, after which it became the economic and administrative center of the Pijanec region . In 1900 it had about 1500 inhabitants. Two thirds of them were Bulgarians (Orthodox Christians and Muslims) and one third were Turks.

After the Russo-Ottoman War in 1877/78, the region became a border area. After the Balkan Wars of 1912/12, the city fell to the so-called Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes . During the Balkan War, when the region was conquered by Serbia, the largest displacement of the city took place in neighboring Bulgaria. Due to the militarization of the region and a lack of investment, the city suffered from a poor economy and infrastructure, which is why the population emigrated to Bulgaria.

In 1950/1951 the city was renamed Delčevo by the Yugoslav authorities in honor of Goze Deltschew .

Today there are still numerous mosques in the city that are still in good condition.

Sports

The city has a football stadium, several swimming pools and sports halls. The sports fields are used for competitive and recreational sports.

Twin cities

• Simitli ( Bulgaria )
• Jagodina ( Serbia )
• Vyshhorod ( Ukraine )
• Bornova ( Turkey )
• Żyrardów ( Poland )
• Blagoevgrad ( Bulgaria )

sons and daughters of the town

• Dragan Georgiev (born 1990), football player

Web links

Commons : Delčevo  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• City homepage (Macedonian)
• Further statistics ( Memento from October 25, 2009 on WebCite )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in the Republic of Macedonia, 2002 (PDF; Macedonian; English), accessed on January 12, 2017
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Delčevo . In: Enciklopedija Jugoslavije . 2nd Edition. Zagreb 1984, volume 3, p. 407
3. ↑ Васил Кънчов: Македония. Етнография и статистика. Sofia 1900, p. 228.
4. ↑ According to Delčevo . In: Enciklopedija Jugoslavije . 2nd Edition. Zagreb 1984, Volume 3, p. 407 this happened in 1951, according to the municipality's website ( memento of the original from June 17, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in 1950.