The Kriva Palanka Municipality ( mk, Општина Крива Паланка ) is in the extreme northeastern part of

North Macedonia North Macedonia, ; sq, Maqedonia e Veriut, (Macedonia before February 2019), officially the Republic of North Macedonia,, is a country in Southeast Europe. It gained independence in 1991 as one of the successor states of Socialist Feder ...

Kriva Palanka Kriva Palanka ( mk, Крива Паланка ) is a town located in the northeastern part of North Macedonia. It has 14,558 inhabitants. The town of Kriva Palanka is the seat of Kriva Palanka Municipality which has almost 21,000 inhabitants. ...

is the town where the municipal seat is found. The municipality is part of the

Northeastern Statistical Region The Northeastern Statistical Region ( mk, Североисточен Регион; Albanian: Rajoni verilindor) is one of eight arbitrary statistical regions in North Macedonia. It borders Kosovo and Serbia to the north and Bulgaria to the east, ...

Geography

The municipality borders

Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Bas ...

to the north,

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedon ...

to the east,

Rankovce Municipality Rankovce ( mk, ) is a municipality in the northeastern region of the Republic of North Macedonia. '' Rankovce'' is also the name of the town where the municipal seat is found. Rankovce Municipality is part of the Northeastern statistical region. ...

to the west, and

Makedonska Kamenica Municipality Makedonska Kamenica ( mk, Македонска Каменица ) is a municipality in eastern North Macedonia. ''Makedonska Kamenica'' is also the name of the town where the municipal seat is found. The municipality is part of Eastern Statistica ...

Kratovo Municipality Kratovo ( mk, Кратово ) is a municipality in eastern part of North Macedonia. '' Kratovo'' is also the name of the town where the municipal seat is found. The municipality is part of the Northeastern Statistical Region. Geography The muni ...

and

Kočani Municipality Kočani ( mk, Кочани ) is a municipality in the eastern part of North Macedonia. ''Kočani'' is also the name of the town where the municipal seat is found. The municipality is part of the Eastern Statistical Region. Geography The municip ...

to the south.

Demographics

According to the 2021 Macedonian census, Municipality of Kriva Palanka has 28,059 residents. Ethnic groups in the municipality:

Twin towns – sister cities

Kriva Palanka is twinned with: *

Bansko Bansko ( bg, Банско ) is a town in southwestern Bulgaria, located at the foot of the Pirin, Pirin Mountains at an elevation of 1200m AMSL, above sea level. It is a ski resort. Legends There are several legends about who founded Bansko. Ac ...

, Bulgaria *

Dupnitsa Dupnitsa, or Dupnica ( bg, Дупница (previously ), ), is a town in Western Bulgaria. It is at the foot of the highest mountains in the Balkan Peninsula – the Rila Mountains, and about south of the capital Sofia. Dupnitsa is the second la ...

, Bulgaria *

Lugoj Lugoj (; hu, Lugos; german: Lugosch; sr, Лугош, Lugoš; bg, Лугож; tr, Logoş) is a list of cities and towns in Romania, city in Timiș County, Romania. The Timiș River divides the city into two halves, the so-called "Romanian Lugoj" ...

, Romania *

Mława Mława (; yi, מלאווע ''Mlave'') is a town in north-east Poland with 30,403 inhabitants in 2020. It is the capital of Mława County. It is situated in the Masovian Voivodeship. During the invasion of Poland in 1939, the battle of Mława wa ...

, Poland *

Perechyn Perechyn ( uk, Перечин; hu, Perecseny; rue, Перечин) is a city in Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine. It was the administrative centre of the former Perechyn Raion (district). It is now part of the Uzhhorod Raion. Today the population is ...

, Ukraine *

Svidník Svidník ( hu, Felsővízköz, german: Oberswidnik, rue, Свідник, uk, Свидник) is a town in eastern Slovakia, the capital of the Svidník District in the Prešov Region. It has a population of around 11,000. There is a monumental S ...

, Slovakia *

Vršac Vršac ( sr-cyr, Вршац, ; hu, Versec; ro, Vârșeț) is a List of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative centre of the South Banat District in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. As of 2011, the city urban area had a pop ...

, Serbia *

Županja Županja (, hu, Zsupanya, german: Schaupanie) is a town in eastern Slavonia, Croatia, located 254 km east of Zagreb. It is administratively part of the Vukovar-Syrmia County. It is inhabited by 12,090 people (2011). Županja lies on the Sa ...

, Croatia

Inhabited places

References

External links

Official website
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