Kičevo
Sign in to saveKičevo ( ; , ) is a city in the western part of North Macedonia, located in a valley in the south-eastern slopes of Mount Bistra, between the cities of Ohrid and Gostivar. The capital Skopje is 112 km away. The city of Kičevo is the seat of Kičevo Municipality.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Kičevo
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Kičevo Municipality.svg
- Settlement.image_seal
- Coat of arms of Kičevo Municipality.svg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- North Macedonia
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location within North Macedonia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- 15px Southwestern
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- 15px Kičevo
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Aleksandar Jovanovski (VMRO-DPMNE)
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 814.3
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2021
- Settlement.population_total
- 23,428
- Settlement.timezone
- CET
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- Notable people
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Kičevo ( ; , ) is a city in the western part of North Macedonia, located in a valley in the south-eastern slopes of Mount Bistra, between the cities of Ohrid and Gostivar. The capital Skopje is 112 km away. The city of Kičevo is the seat of Kičevo Municipality.
==Name== The name of the city in Macedonian and other South Slavic languages is Kičevo (Кичево). The name of the city in Albanian is Kërçovë. It was originally known as Uskana and was inhabited by the Illyrian tribe of the Penestae. It is presumed that the present name of the town originates from the name of this settlement populated by the Slavic Berziti tribe. In Turkish, the city is known as Kırçova. Kicevo was first mentioned as Uskana (Ωξάνα in Ancient Greek) in the reign of Perseus, king of Macedon during the Third Macedonian War (171–169 BC). The next written record of the town did not come until 1018, under the name of Kitzabis (from Kίτζαβις in Byzantine Greek), or sometimes as Kitsabis or Kitsavis or Kitzbon, or slavicised as Kicavis, noted in one of the documents of the Byzantine emperor Basil II. Under the rule of Prince Marko it was known as Katin Grad ("Katina's City") due to Marko's sister being named Katina.