Pehčevo

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Pehčevo
Пехчево
Coat of arms of Pehčevo
Pehčevo (North Macedonia)
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Basic data
Region : east
Municipality : Pehčevo
Coordinates : 41 ° 46 '  N , 22 ° 53'  E Coordinates: 41 ° 45 '45 "  N , 22 ° 53' 16"  E
Height : 995  m. i. J.
Area (Opština) : 208.2  km²
Residents : 3,237 (2002)
Inhabitants (Opština) : 5,517 (2002)
Population density : 26 inhabitants per km²
Telephone code : (+389) 033
Postal code : 2326
License plate : KO
Structure and administration
Mayor : Jovanco Stanoevski ( VMRO-DPMNE )
Website :

Pehčevo ( Cyrillic Пехчево ) is a small town and a municipality in North Macedonia , near the border with Bulgaria .

Villages

The villages Umlena , Ciflik , Robovo , Negrevo , Crnik and Pancharevo also belong to this municipality .

geography

The city lies on the Pisa River, which flows into the Bregalnica River. Pehcevo is located in the southeast of the country in the Malesevo area , near the border with Bulgaria and is the easternmost municipality in the Republic of North Macedonia.

population

According to the 2002 census, the Pehcevo municipality has 5517 inhabitants, of which 4737 are Macedonians , 357 Turks , 390 Roma , 12 Serbs and 21 other minorities.

Culture

To the east of Pehcevo are the Bukovik and Kadiica mountains. Bukovik Mountain is rich in iron and other valuable minerals. There is an iron mine on Bukovik Mountain.

In the vicinity of Pehcevo, about 2.5 km away, there is the famous archaeological site and the Sweta Petka Monastery . Pehcevo is famous for its cheese (Malesevsko sirenje).

Sons of the city

Web links

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