Delčevo

Delčevo Делчево
Town centre of Delčevo
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Delčevo Location within Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°58′N 22°46′E / 41.967°N 22.767°E / 41.967; 22.767Coordinates: 41°58′N 22°46′E / 41.967°N 22.767°E / 41.967; 22.767
Country	Macedonia
Municipality	Delčevo Municipality
Government
• Mayor	Darko Shehtanski (VMRO-DPMNE)
Highest elevation	640 m (2,100 ft)
Lowest elevation	590 m (1,940 ft)
Population ()
• Total	11,500
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	2320
Area code(s)	+389 033
Car plates	ŠT; KO; DE
Climate	Cfb
Website	www.delcevo.gov.mk/

Delčevo (Macedonian: Делчево [ˈdɛɫtʃɛvɔ]) is a small town in the eastern mountainous part of the Republic of Macedonia. It is the municipal seat of the eponymous municipality. The town is named after revolutionary Goce Delčev.

Delčevo has 11,500 residents.

The town of Delčevo is situated at the foot of Mount Golak () on both banks of the river Bregalnica, 164 km (102 mi) to the east of Skopje. It is the biggest settlement in the Pianec region which covers an area of 585 km² (226 sq mi), between Mount Osogovo to the north and Mount Maleš to the south. The town lies at 590 m (1,936 ft) to 640 meters (2,100 ft) above sea level. Delčevo has a good geographical position and good traffic connections. All rural settlements and recreations centred on Golak are connected with the town of Delčevo by good asphalt roads of local and regional types. Golak's Tourist Center is located 10 km (6 mi) south of Delcevo at 1,300 m (4,270 ft) height above sea level, under the Chavka peak (1358 m) of the mountain Golak. The distinctive Recreation Center was built in 1981 and had 5 apartments, 8 hotel rooms and a restaurant with 170 seats as its own terens for small football, basketball and volleyball. The Recreation Center is ruined now. At this moment there are only private houses, camps and villas.

Delčevo was first mentioned in a charter of Serbian Emperor Stefan Dušan in the 14th century.

The town has changed its name several times. During the Ottoman period it was visited by a Sultan personally. A large number of Christian people converted to Islam, and at that time the town was called "Sultania" or "Sultaniye". The Islamised Christian population hadn't learned the Turkish language and they renamed Sultania into their own language, Tsarevo Selo (Tsar's village). One year before Sultan Mehmed IV, the Turkish travel writer Evlija Celebija had passed there and wrote: "After Vinica we climbed upon Kocani mountain meadow and after 4 hours walking along the ravine, we arrived in Tsarevo Selo. This is a Muslim village and it lies in the mountain ornamented with 100 houses and one marvelous mosque with minaret."