Kriva Palanka – City in the northeastern part of the Republic of Macedonia, has 14,558 h. (2002). It lies in the final eastern part of the Slavic valley, on both sides of Kriva Reka, at an altitude of about 620 m. It covers an area of 400 ha. It has a moderate-continental climate with an average annual air temperature of 10.1 ° C, and an average annual amount of precipitation of 633 mm. The city passes the main road M-2, which connects to Kumanovo, and east with Kyustendil and Sofia in neighboring Bulgaria. It was founded by the Bajram-Pasha vace as a fortress on the road Skopje – Sofia (1633). He received the name after Kriva Reka and at first called crime Palanka or Turkish Egre Dere Palanka. According to the description of Evliya Celebija of 1660, he consisted of a fortress in which there were 50 houses, warehouse and mosque and suburb of 800 houses, more stores, Caran Saraj, three mosques and hammam. In ⅹⅴⅰⅰ and ⅹⅴⅰⅰⅰ c. The city was known as a mining place in which high quality iron was obtained and the black craft was developed. When he visited Ami Buy (1836), there were several smelters for iron ore and self-esteemed. After the liberation of Bulgaria, part of the Macedonians from Kriva Palanka moved to Bulgaria, and in their place they settled Turks, refugees from Bulgaria. However, after the Balkan Wars, they emerged sharply to Turkey, so in 1921. In K. P. There were only 2,148 h. Territorial and urban city was quite expanded in the years after World War II. Today, most of the population (95%) are Macedonians, and minorities in most of the Roma (668 h) and Serbs (88 h.). K. P. is the seat of a municipality that covers an area of 48,081 ha, there are 34 settlements with 20,820 h. The population is mainly employed in mining and industry. There is a leader for lead and zinc ore “Toranica”, a textile factory, gymnasium and health center. In the immediate vicinity of the city in the locality Sarandor, the monastery “St. Joachim Osogovski “with two churches, lodgings and large dining room. Lit.: Paul Daskalov, a geographical monograph of Kriva Palanka, “Geographic reviews”, kn. 2-3, Skopje, 1965. Al. ST. Canyon of Kriva Reka
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Кириличен напис КРИВА ПАЛАНКА