Key facts
- Country
- North Macedonia
- Region
- Eastern
- Municipality
- Vinica
- Mayor
- Mitko Kostadinovski( VMRO-DPMNE )
- Highest elevation
- 1,745 m (5,725 ft)
- Lowest elevation
- 360 m (1,180 ft)
- Total
- 10,863
- Time zone
- UTC+1 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+2 ( CEST )
- Area code
- +389 033
- Vehicle registration
- VI
- Climate
- Cfa
- Website
- www.OpstinaVinica.gov.mk/
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- town
- Country
- Ottoman Empire
- Located in
- Eastern Statistical Region
- Population
- 8584
- Area
- 432.67
- Elevation
- 410
- Time zone
- Central European Summer Time
- Official website
- www.opstinavinica.gov.mk
- Image
- Makedonij.JPG
- Dialing code
- 033
Show 5 more facts
- Commons category
- Vinica, North Macedonia
- postal code
- 2310
- male population
- 4225
- female population
- 4359
- twinned administrative body
- Vinnytsia
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Vinica (Macedonian: Виница [ˈvinitsa] ) is a town in North Macedonia, in the Eastern Statistical Region of the country. The town of Vinica is the seat of Vinica Municipality.
The town is located under the mountain of Plačkovica, in the southeastern part of the Kočani Valley. It covers the northern part of the river Bregalnica sinks. There are also several other rivers that flow through Vinica, like the Vinička, Gradečka and Osojnica. The town is known for its historic Roman fortress, Viničko Kale, situated on a hill overlooking the modern town.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vinica” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.