Štip

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Štip
Штип

Coat of arms

City motto :

Coordinates

41.44° N 22.1° E

Municipality :

Štip municipality

Elevation

300 m

Population

46 732

Time zone
- Standard
- Summer (DST)

CET (UTC+1)
CEST (UTC+2)

Founded

Area code

+389 32

Postal code

2000

Car plates

ŠT

Official Website

www.Stip.gov.mk/

Štip (Macedonian: Штип) is the largest town in the eastern part of the Republic of Macedonia. It has 46,372 inhabitants according to the 1994 census. Sustained by the Bregalnica river, Štip stands at an altitude of 300 m above sea level. Through the center the town is bisected by the small Otinja river, which tends to dry out in the summer months.

1 Features
2 Famous residents
3 Economy
4 See also

[edit] Features

Štip has a well preserved 14th-century monastery and the ruins of its old castle which keeps a watchful eye on the town from the Isar Hill. The Bezisten, a massive stone building which used to be a closed bazaar (but is now an art gallery) is a remnant of the muslim influence in the city. In the old parts of the town (and especially in Novo Selo) some houses built in the Old Macedonian style of architecture can still be found. The town can also boast with the healing powers of the Kežovica mineral bath and with the ruins of the ancient city of Bargala.

[edit] Famous residents

Novo Selo, one of the oldest parts of Štip, is famous as the birthplace of many revolutionaries and important people of Macedonian history including the first president of independent Macedonia Kiro Gligorov; Mr. Mihail, the previous head of the Macedonian Orthodox Church and Ivan Mihailov leader of VMRO between the World Wars. It's also here where the famous Macedonian revolutionary Goce Delčev came to teach and spread his ideas for an uprising against the Ottoman Empire.

[edit] Economy

Today, Štip is the regional center as well as the center of the country’s textile and fashion industry.

[edit] See also

Republic of Macedonia

Cities and Towns in the Republic of Macedonia
Berovo \| Bitola \| Bogdanci \| Debar \| Delčevo \| Demir Kapija \| Demir Hisar \| Gevgelija \| Gostivar \| Kavadarci \| Kičevo \| Kočani \| Kratovo \| Kriva Palanka \| Kruševo \| Kumanovo \| Makedonski Brod \| Makedonska Kamenica \| Negotino \| Ohrid \| Pehčevo \| Prilep \| Probištip \| Radoviš \| Resen \| Štip \| Skopje \| Struga \| Strumica \| Sveti Nikole \| Tetovo \| Valandovo \| Veles \| Vinica