Kočani

This article covers the city of Kočani in the Republic of North Macedonia. For a similar sounding city in the Greek region of Macedonia see Kozani .

Kočani Кочани
Basic data
Region :	east
Municipality :	Kočani
Coordinates :	41 ° 55 '  N , 22 ° 25'  E Coordinates: 41 ° 55 '0 "  N , 22 ° 25' 0"  E
Height :	400  m. i. J.
Area (Opština) :	360.36  km²
Inhabitants (Opština) :	38,092 (2002)
Population density :	106 inhabitants per km²
Telephone code :	(+389) 033
Postal code :	2300
License plate :	KO
Structure and administration
Structure :	28 localities
Mayor :	Nikolcho Ilijev ( SDSM )
Website :	www.kocani.gov.mk

Kočani ( Cyrillic Кочани ) is a city and capital of the Opština of the same name in North Macedonia , about 120 km east of Skopje .

geography

Kočani is located in the East region , 65 km from the Bulgarian border. The city lies along the north side of the Kočanital on the river of the same name. To the north of it is the 2252 m high mountain Osogovo , 8 km south of the 1754 m high Plačkovica .

history

Kočani (1942)

Center of Kočani

Archaeological finds have shown that there were already settlements in what is now the city during the Roman and Byzantine empires. The town was first mentioned in 1337 when Jovan Oliver donated the Church of St. Dmitrij to Kočani. At the beginning of the 15th century, the city fell under Ottoman rule.

In the 19th century the city was the center of a Kaza of the same name . Around 1900 the population of the city was around 6,000.

Residents

According to the 2002 census, the municipality had 38,092 inhabitants, of whom 19,192 were male and 18,900 were female.

These were broken down by ethnic group:

35,472 Macedonians

01,951 Roma

00315 Turks

00194 Wallachians

00067 Serbs

00093 Others

The places outside the city belonging to the community were almost exclusively inhabited by Macedonians.

Culture

Kočani is the home of the Original Kočani Orkestar , an internationally known Balkan brass band.

Infrastructure

Kočani station is the end of the Veles – Kočani line and is served by a pair of trains to Skopje every day .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Местоположба. (No longer available online.) Kocani.gov.mk, archived from the original on January 16, 2012 ; Retrieved April 25, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.   
2. ↑ Историја. (No longer available online.) Kocani.gov.mk, archived from the original on October 15, 2010 ; Retrieved April 25, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.   
3. ↑ Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in the Republic of Macedonia, 2002. (PDF; 394 kB) Republic of Macedonia: State Statistical Office, pp. 21, 26, 32 , accessed on April 25, 2012 .  
4. ↑ Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in the Republic of Macedonia, 2002. (PDF; 394 kB) Republic of Macedonia: State Statistical Office, p. 35 , accessed on April 25, 2012 .  
5. ^ Tobias Heinze: Course book of the Macedonian Railway. Timetable year 2019. In: ec-tobias.de , accessed on May 31, 2020.