Gevgelija
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Gevgelija (Template:Langx; Script error: No such module "IPA".) is a town with a population of 15,685 located in the very southeast of North Macedonia along the banks of the Vardar River, situated at the country's main border with Greece (Bogorodica-Evzoni), the point which links the motorway from Skopje and three regional capitals, Belgrade, Zagreb, and Sofia with Thessaloniki in Greece. The town is the seat of Gevgelija municipality.
Name
In Macedonian the town is called Gevgelija (Гевгелија). It is known as Yevyeli (Γευγελή) in Greek, Gevgeli (Script error: No such module "Lang".) in Bulgarian, Đevđelija (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Script error: No such module "IPA".) in Serbian and Gevgeli in Turkish.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Furthermore, in Megleno-Romanian, the city is known as Script error: No such module "Lang"..[1]
Gevgelija is known as the "Balkan Las Vegas".[2][3]
History
In the late 19th and early 20th century, Gevgelija was part of the Salonica Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire. According to the statistics of the French geographer Alexandre Synvet, the town had a total Christian population of 290 families (1.740 people) in 1878, consisting of 35 Bulgarian Christian ones and 255 Greek Christian families.[4] The town had also 4 Greek schools.[4] According to Bulgarian Exarchate secretary Dimitar Mishev (D. M. Brancoff), in 1905 the town had a population of 4,375 Christians, consisting of 2.240 Patriarchist Bulgarians (Grecomans), 1.840 Exarchist Bulgarians, 80 Serbian Patriarchist Bulgarians (Serbomans), 8 Uniat Bulgarians, 90 Roma people, 72 Vlachs (Megleno-Romanians), 30 Albanians and 15 Greeks.[5]
From 1929 to 1941, Gevgelija was part of the Vardar Banovina of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.
Transport
The town is served by Gevgelija railway station, outside the city limits on its eastern edge.
Demographics
According to the 2002 census, the town of Gevgelija had 15,685 residents, most of whom were ethnic Macedonians.[6]
| Ethnic group | Number |
| Macedonians | 15,060 (96.22%) |
| Serbs | 292 (1.9%) |
| Vlachs (Megleno-Romanians) | 201 (1.3%) |
| Others | 132 (0.8%) |
| Total | 15,685 |
As of 2021, the village of Gevgelija has 15,156 inhabitants and the ethnic composition was the following:[7]
- Macedonians – 13,621
- Aromanians – 260
- Serbs – 196
- Turks – 53
- Romani – 21
- Albanians – 8
- Bosniaks – 8
- others – 134
- Person without Data – 855
Geography
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Climate
Gevgelija has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification: Csa).
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Sports
Local football club FK Kožuf have played in the Macedonian First Football League.
International relations
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Twin towns – Sister cities
Gevgelija is twinned with:
Notable people
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Gallery
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Postcard of Gevgelija, 1930s
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Postcard of Gevgelija, Primary School in 1930s
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The construction of the bridge near Malosiste, Gevgelija. The bridge connects the motorway Ljubljana-Gevgelija (1950s).
See also
References
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- ↑ Megleno-Romanians in Gudurica: Language and Identity
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- ↑ a b Synvet, A., Les Grecs de l'Empire ottoman: Etude statistique et ethnographique, Constantinople ("L Orient illustre") 1878, p. 50, ΑΡΒ 1366
- ↑ Dimitri Mishev and D. M. Brancoff, La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne, p. 194
- ↑ Macedonian census, language and religion
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- ↑ Stalna konferencija gradova i opština Script error: No such module "webarchive".. Retrieved on 2007-06-18.
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External links
- Gevgelija Photo Essay – Photos of Gevgelija
- Official website of the municipality of Gevgelija – Website with detailed information and history of Gevgelija
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