Zerogigo – district in the northern part of the Republic of Macedonia. It is an old name for the Kumanovo valley. It is located in the river basin. Pchinja between the Kozjak Mountains on the east and Skopska Crna Gora in the west. In the southeast towards Ovce Pole and the southwest towards the Skopje valley, the area is open, and such is the case in the north. It is evoked in the tectonic road, by lowering along the length of the meridian direction. Relief is wavy and the Romanian and the Nagorian plateau is separated. The eastern slopes of Skopska Crna Gora are known as Karadak, the hilly terrain between Pchinja and Kriva River is called Sreedurek, and the mountain end between Kozye River and River Pchinja Kozaya. It covers an area of 1,315 km². Through Zhegigo leads the International Road E-75, which connects the area with the Valley Valley to the north and the Skopje valley in the southwest. Here, the main road M-2 is separated, which in the east connects it with the Slavic valley, as well as the regional road which settlement located on the high hill of basaltic rock with volcanic origin. The oldest settlement of the acropolis originates from the eneolithic. The remains of the Roman period in the subchief of the hill, as well as from the early Christian period, confirmed by fragments of ceramic vessels and building material, located in the center of the acropolis, surrounded by a turret. The Ranovan Basilica was located here with a necropolis in the immediate vicinity. The site is investigated on a smaller scale, and the findings speak of the high status of the local population. Litt.: B. Georgievski, Kosterska rock – Zhegeligovski Kamen, in: Archaeological map of the Republic of Macedonia, ⅱ, Skopje, 1996, 213-215. L. Ⅹ.
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