Kicevo – city in the western part of the Republic of Macedonia: 27.067 h. (2002). It is located in the southern part of the Kicevo valley, around the Kale, the composition of the rugbric and the altitude river at an altitude of about 620 m. It passes the main road M-4 which in the north connects it to Gostivar, and to the south with OH-Reed. With a regional road to the west through the pit, it is associated with Debar, and in the east along the valley of fever with Makedonski Brod. From Skopje through Tetovo and Gostivar to Kicevo, the railway line. The city covers an area of 906 ha. It has a change-free climate with an average annual air temperature of 10.7 ° C and average annual precipitation of 762 mm. K. is an old settlement. For the first time, the Kitzavis is mentioned in 1018. As a settlement in the Ohrid Archbishopric. It developed around the fortress on which there are remnants of the pre-trial period. The city quite advanced in ⅹⅴⅰⅰⅰ c. When K. became the seat seat. At the beginning of ⅹⅹ c. The number of population grew to 4,844 h. However, after the Balkan Wars, with the eviction of the Turks in K. It remained to live only about 1,000 h. The city is rapidly developing in the second half of the last century, when from 9,567 h. In 1953 The count of the population increases on 27,067 h. In 2002 Of them 15.031 h. Macedonians, 7,641 Albanians, 2,406 Turks, 1,329 Roma and a small number of Vlachs and Serbs. K. is the seat of a municipality that covers an area of 4,914 ha, there are 7 settlements with 30,138 h. The city branch in the city is the industry. The metal, electrotechnical, wood, ceramic and textile industry are present. The city has a gymnasium, home of culture, museum and health center. In the s. Vranestica has a brick and shingles, in the village. Oslomee coal mine and thermal power plant, in the village. TAIMIO ‡ Cultural-artistic society. Kicevo mine for iron ore, and in the village. CE marble mine. Lit.: Toma Smiljani, Kichevo. Potalja and Porido Stanovenitations, JJGII, Belgrade, 1935; Census of the population, households and apartments in the Republic of Macedonia 2002, REC. Ⅹ, DSH, Skopje, 2004. Al. ST.
Original article in Macedonian language Cyrillic alphabet
Кириличен напис КИЧЕВО