Tetovo – City in the northwest of the Republic of Macedonia with 52,915 h. (2002). It extends to Lower Polog, the touch of the Polog plane and southeastern slopes of Shar Planina, on both sides of the R. Foam at an altitude between 470 and 540 m. It covers an area of 1,120 ha. With neighboring cities Skopje and Gostivar is connected to the highway and a railway line. It has a moderate-continental climate with an average annual air temperature of 11.0 ° C, and an average annual amount of rainfall of 470 mm. For the first time, it is mentioned under the name Hotetovo in ⅹⅴⅰⅰⅰ c., When in it there was a rich monastery “St. Bogorodica, “whose honor was held a large fair. In Turkish time it is named the Kalkan. In ⅹⅴⅰ and ⅹⅴⅰⅰ c. Tetovo is the seat of the Polog bishop, which means that there was a developed ecclesiastic function. In the second half of ⅹⅰⅹ c. The city quickly developed craftsmanship and trade, and the pleasant climate allowed Turkish trees to build more sarai. In the beginning of XX c. T. There was 19,200 h. In the period between the two world wars that number decreases, so in 1931. Tetovo has 16,359 h. However, the city of populations and economic most advanced since 1950. onward. Its population of 20,209 h. (In 1953) it increases 52,915 h. (2002). Of these, most of them (28,897) are Albanians, 18,555 are Macedonians, followed by Roma with 2,352, and the Turks with 1,878, Serbs with 587, Bosniaks with 156 and Vlachs with 13 inhabitants. Tetovo today is the seat of a municipality that covers an area of 26,189 ha, there are 20 settlements with 86,580 h. The city is an administrative, economic, cultural and educational and health center of Polog. It is present quite developed textile industry and electrometalurgics, then an industries for non-metals, wooden and food industry. There is a gymnasium, secondary medical school, two universities, home of culture, historical archive, museum of Tetovo end, medical center, etc. In Tetovo, the Festival “Tetovo Choirs” and international meeting Pliocene sediments and the Volcani-Center of Tetovo is maintained. The sediments in the Miocene are of literary translators. From here, the bronze figure Menada (from the Archaeian period) in the city is the Church “St. Cyril and Methodius “with gallery of icons. Among Islamic monuments emphasize the colorful mosque and Arabati Baba Teke, which belongs to the dervish sect Bektesi. On 19. ⅲ 1943 In T. It was established by the CPM and the memorial museum was established in memory. In the s. Lesok is located Leshech monastery with two churches: “St. Athanassia, “where the grave of Kiril Pejcinovic and” St. Bogorodica. ” Lit.: John F. Trifunoski, City of Tetovo, “Geographic Review”, 4 and 5, Sophie®, 1948; Mitko Panov, the population development of cities in SR Macedonia, “Geographic reviews”, REC. 5, Skopje, 1967; Census of the population, households and apartments in the Republic of Macedonia, 2002, REC. J, DSH, Skopje, 2004. Al. ST.
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