Staro Nagoričane Municipality ( mk, ) is a municipality in the northern part of
North Macedonia
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. The municipal seat is located in the village ''
Staro Nagoričane''. This municipality is part of the
Northeastern Statistical Region.
Geography
The municipality borders
Serbia
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to the north,
Kumanovo Municipality to the west,
Kratovo Municipality to the south, and
Rankovce Municipality to the east. It largely corresponds to the historical and geographical region of
Sredorek.
History and culture
By the 2003 territorial division of the republic, the rural Klečevce Municipality was attached to Staro Nagoričane Municipality.
A particularly fine example of medieval
Serbia
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ecclesiastical architecture is found in the municipality, in the form of the 10th century
Church of St. George. ''(See:
Serbo-Byzantine style)''
Demographics
According to the 2021 Macedonian census, this municipality has 3,501 inhabitants. There were 5,867 inhabitants in 1994. Ethnic groups in the municipality:
Inhabited places
Notable people
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Denko Krstić (1824–1882), influential merchant, born in Mlado Nagoričane.
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Petko Ilić (1886–1912), guerilla fighter, born in Staro Nagoričane.
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Todor Krstić-Algunjski (d. after 1918), guerilla fighter, born in Algunja.
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Ditko Aleksić
Dimitrije "Ditko" Aleksić ( sr-cyr, Димитрије Алексић; died August 4, 1916), was a Serbian guerrilla fighter in Old Serbia and Macedonia during the Macedonian Struggle, and commander in the Balkan Wars and World War I.
Life
Dim ...
(d. 1916), guerilla fighter, born in Osiče.
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Timotej of Debar and Kichevo (b. 1951), orthodox mitropolitian, born in Mlado Nagoričane.
International relations
Staro Nagoričane is
twinned with:
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Gornji Milanovac,
Serbia
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.
References
External links
Official website]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Staro Nagoricane Municipality
Staro Nagoričane Municipality,
Municipalities of North Macedonia