Delčevo

Delčevo ( ) is a small town in the eastern mountainous part of North Macedonia. It is the municipal seat of Delčevo Municipality. The town is named after the revolutionary leader Goce Delčev.

Key facts

Settlement.image_skyline: Grad Delcevo.JPG
Settlement.imagesize: 280px
Settlement.image_caption: Town centre of Delčevo
Settlement.image_flag: Flag of Delčevo Municipality.svg
Settlement.image_seal: Coat of arms of Delčevo Municipality.svg
Settlement.pushpin_map: North Macedonia
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location within North Macedonia
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: 15px Eastern
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name2: 15px Delčevo
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor
Settlement.leader_name: Ivan Gocevski (VMRO-DPMNE)
Settlement.elevation_max_m: 640
Settlement.elevation_max_ft: 2.100
Settlement.elevation_min_m: 590
Settlement.elevation_min_ft: 1.940

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Wikidata facts

Population: 9644
Elevation: 575
Official website: www.delcevo.gov.mk
Image: Grad Delcevo.JPG
Dialing code: 033

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Commons category: Delčevo
postal code: 2320
male population: 4766
female population: 4878

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History
Ottoman period
Balkan and World Wars
Location
Climate
Demographics
Sport and culture
Cultural and social facilities
Churches
Schools
Twin towns — sister cities
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Delčevo ( ) is a small town in the eastern mountainous part of North Macedonia. It is the municipal seat of Delčevo Municipality. The town is named after the revolutionary leader Goce Delčev.

== History == Delčevo, according to a legend in Byzantine times, was called Vasilevo, as a Greek variant of the Slavonic Tsarevo. For the first time, Tsarevo Selo is mentioned as a settlement in a charter of Serbian Tsar Dushan from 1347 to 1350. With it he gave several places and fields from Pijanec to the Lesnovo Monastery.