Gevgelija
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Gevgelija Гевгелија |
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Gevgelija town centre
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| Nickname(s): Macedonian Las Vegas | |||
 Gevgelija
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| Coordinates: 41°8′25″N 22°30′10″E / 41.14028°N 22.50278°ECoordinates: 41°8′25″N 22°30′10″E / 41.14028°N 22.50278°E | |||
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 Macedonia
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| Municipality | Gevgelija Municipality | ||
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| • Mayor | Ivan Frangov (VMRO-DPMNE) | ||
| Elevation | 60 m (200 ft) | ||
| Population (2002) | |||
| • Total | 15,685 | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 1480 | ||
| Area code(s) | +389 34 | ||
| Car plates | GE | ||
Gevgelija (Macedonian: Гевгелија; [ɡɛvˈɡɛlija]) is a town with a population of 15,685 located in the very southeast of the Republic of Macedonia along the banks of the Vardar River, situated at the country's main border with Greece (Bogorodica-Evzoni), the point which links the motorway from Skopje and three other former Yugoslav capitals (Belgrade, Zagreb and Ljubljana) with Thessaloniki. The town is the seat of Gevgelija Municipality.
In Macedonian the town is called Gevgelija (Гевгелија). It is known as Gevgeli in Turkish, Gevgelí (Γευγελή) in Greek, Gevgeli (Гевгели) in Bulgarian and Đevđelija (Ђевђелија, IPA: [dʑeʋdʑělija]) in Serbian. Gevgelija is often referred to as "Macedonian Las Vegas", particularly because of the number of casinos in and around the city.
In the late 19th and early 20th century, Gevgelija was part of the Salonica Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire.
From 1929 to 1941, Gevgelija was part of the Vardar Banovina of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.
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