Gevgelia , also Gevgeliy , Gevgeli and Gevgeliye ( Macedonian Gevgelija , Alb. Gjevgjelia , Greek Γευγελή - Gevgeli , Serbian Avgelia - Gevzhelia ) is a city in Northern Macedonia with a population of 15 685 people in 2002 . Gevgelia Community Center.
| City | |||||
| Gevgelia | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maced. Gevgelika | |||||
| |||||
| A country |  North Macedonia | ||||
| Statistical Region | Southeastern | ||||
| Community | Gevgelia | ||||
| Town governor | Ivan Frangov ( VMRO-DPMNE ) [1] | ||||
| History and Geography | |||||
| Center height | 64 m | ||||
| Timezone | UTC + 1 , in summer UTC + 2 | ||||
| Population | |||||
| Population | 15 685 people ( 2002 ) | ||||
| Digital identifiers | |||||
| Telephone code | +389 034 | ||||
| Postcode | |||||
| Car code | Ve | ||||
Content
Geography
Gevgelia is located in the Boymiya region on the southern border of Northern Macedonia , on the right bank of the Vardar River, on the main highway Belgrade - Athens .
Population
The dynamics of the population [2] :
| Year | 1880 | 1890 | 1912 | 1925 | 1930 | 1948 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Community of Gevgelia , people | 1940 | - | - | - | - | 21,416 |
| City of Gevgelia, people | - | 5188 | 2792 | 3500 | 5011 | 4967 |
| Year | 1953 | 1961 | 1981 | 1991 | 1994 | 2002 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Community of Gevgelia, people | 22,364 | 24,419 | 31 814 | 35 002 | 35 031 | 22,998 |
| City of Gevgelia, people | 5777 | 7332 | 9410 | 15 041 | 14 974 | 15,685 |
According to the results of the 2002 census, out of 15,685 residents of the city - 15,093 Macedonians .
Culture
City library "Gotse Delchev"
In Gevgelia, the rock band Ziyan was founded, which became widely known in the former Yugoslavia after winning the 1987 festival in the city of Zayechar [3] [4] .
Famous Natives
- Georgios Vafopoulos (1903-1996) - Greek poet.
- Sava Mikhailov (1877 - 1905) - revolutionary.
- Vasil Tanev (1897-1941) - Bulgarian communist, one of the defendants at the Leipzig trial (1933).
- Kirill Manasiev (June 23, 1909 - April 18, 1936, Sofia, Bulgaria) - Macedonian revolutionary.
- Joseph Yosifovsky (August 2, 1915 - October 6, 1943, the village of Klenets, Kichevo) is a Macedonian communist, participant in the national liberation war and a national hero.
- Georgy Stardelov (p. 1930) - esthetician, literary critic, president of IASU
- Stefan Markovsky (1990) - writer, poet and philosopher
History
Gevgelia, Greek school, early 20th century
Notes
- ↑ Novi town governor in 46 opshtini Archived on April 9, 2009. (Maced.)
- ↑ Movement to a mission to residents Archival copy of May 20, 2009 on the Wayback Machine (Maced.)
- ↑ Andrijana Andova. Scene. Nikogash is not more ridiculous than the season's music (Macedonian) (inaccessible link) . Online diary (07/26/2012). Archived February 2, 2017. (Retrieved January 29, 2017)
- ↑ Gitarijada festival . School eBook Library (2017). (Retrieved January 29, 2017)