Kriva Palanka
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Kriva Palanka Крива Паланкa |
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Kriva Palanka and the Kriva River
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| Nickname(s): Palanka | |||
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 Kriva Palanka
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| Coordinates: 42°7′N 22°11′E / 42.117°N 22.183°ECoordinates: 42°7′N 22°11′E / 42.117°N 22.183°E | |||
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 Macedonia
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| Municipality | Kriva Palanka Municipality | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Arsencho Aleksovski (VMRO-DPMNE) | ||
| Elevation | 620 m (2,030 ft) | ||
| Population () | |||
| • Total | 14,558 (mun.21000) | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 1330 | ||
| Area code(s) | +389 031 | ||
| Car plates | KP | ||
| Climate | Cfb | ||
| Website | www.krivapalanka.gov.mk www.krivapalanka.info | ||
Kriva Palanka (Macedonian: Крива Паланка [ˌkriːva ˈpalaŋka]) is a town located in the northeastern part of the Republic of Macedonia. It has 14.558 inhabitants. The town of Kriva Palanka is the seat of Kriva Palanka Municipality which has almost 21,000 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 Macedonia and Bulgaria because it links the capitals Skopje with Sofia).
The name of the town derives from the curved riverbed of the river Kriva. The old name of Kriva Palanka was Egri Dere, in Turkish - "Curved River". The Turkish word dere was later substituted with Palanka.
Kriva Palanka has a temperate continental climate with moderately cold winter, warm summer, and relatively warm autumn. The higher parts of the municipality on Osogovo mountain are affected by the alpine climate. The average annual temperature is 10.2 C. The warmest month is July with an average temperature of 20.0 C and the coldest month is January with an average temperature of -0.3 C. Compared to the surrounding region, the Kriva Palanka area gets significant rainfall. This is due to the high altitude setting, which stimulates orographic precipitation of moisture carried by the western and southern winds. The average date of first snow cover in the area is 30 November. The areas over 1700 meters above sea level have quite low mean annual temperatures, therefore the peaks of Ruen and Carev Vrv are under snow cover from October until early June. Ruen remains under snow even in July.
The town is one of the youngest in the Republic of Macedonia. It was settled by Ottoman vizier Bayram Pasha and originally served as a fort to strengthen that region. The formation of the town is noted in Turkish documents from 1633. This includes a stone plate with Arabic encryption on the entrance of the fortress. The plate was later moved to the mosque which was situated in the center of the town and now is kept in the Museum of Macedonia in Skopje.
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