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Kriva Palanka is a city in North Macedonia, located within the Kriva Palanka Municipality. It has a population of 14,558, comprising 7,431 males and 7,127 females. The city covers an area of 480.81 square kilometers and sits at an elevation of 620 meters above sea level. Its postal code is 1330, and the local dialing code is 031.
The city operates on Central European Time and Central European Summer Time. Kriva Palanka is twinned with Lugoj, Vršac, Svidník, and Sambreville. While historical records note its association with the Ottoman Empire, it is currently part of North Macedonia. The city’s official website is KrivaPalanka.gov.mk.
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Place details
- Locality
- Крива Паланка
- Region
- Kriva Palanka
- Country
- Северна Македонија
- Population
- 20,820
- Timezone
- Europe/Skopje
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- North Macedonia
- Region
- Northeastern
- Municipality
- Kriva Palanka
- Mayor
- Sashko Mitovski ( SDSM )
- Elevation
- 620 m (2,030 ft)
- Total
- 13,481
- Time zone
- UTC+1 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+2 ( CEST )
- Area code
- +389 031
- Vehicle registration
- KP
- Climate
- Cfb
- Website
- www.krivapalanka.gov.mk
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Country
- North Macedonia
- Located in
- Kriva Palanka Municipality
- Population
- 13481
- Area
- 480.81
- Elevation
- 620
- Time zone
- Central European Summer Time
- Official website
- www.KrivaPalanka.gov.mk
- Image
- Kriva-Palanka-and-Kriva-Reka.jpg
- Dialing code
- 031
Show 8 more facts
- twinned administrative body
- Bansko
- topic's main category
- Category:Kriva Palanka
- Commons category
- Kriva Palanka
- postal code
- 1330
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Kriva Palanka
- male population
- 6851
- female population
- 6630
- P12749
- Bandırma B.K.
via Wikidata · CC0
Travel guide
Get in
The Deve Bair border crossing with Bulgaria is 22 km (13.6 mi) east of Kriva Palanka.
Go next
In Bulgaria, to the east: Kyustendil, a province centre To the west: Kumanovo, the second largest city in North Macedonia To the south-west, in the mountains: the small towns Kratovo and Probishtip
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Encyclopedic overview
Kriva Palanka Monastery of Joakim Osogovski Kriva Palanka (Macedonian: Крива Паланка [ˌkriːva ˈpalanka] ) is a town located in the northeastern part of North Macedonia. It has 13,481 inhabitants. The town of Kriva Palanka is the seat of Kriva Palanka Municipality which has 18,059 inhabitants.
The town lies near the Deve Bair national border crossing with Bulgaria; as such, there is nearly constant heavy traffic passing through the main road which bisects the two sides of the town (Deve Bair is considered the main border crossing between North Macedonia and Bulgaria because it links the capitals Skopje with Sofia).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kriva Palanka” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.