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Gostivar

Geography

the location

The city of Gostivar is located in the west part of Macedonia in the upper Polog region. Its location is exceptional because it lies on very important crossroads. The northern roads lead to Tetovo and Skopje, the southern ones to Kichevo and Ohrid and southwestern to Debar. Gostivar is a very important city in this area.

Demographics

To understand the demographic characteristics of Gostivar, as well as the changes in its demographics, we present you the following statistics:

One can notice, the number of the population in Gostivar has been increasing constantly since 1874. The number of the minorities versus Macedonians according to the 1961 census was as follows:

According to the data from the State statistical office the 1994 census showed that the situation changed drastically:

Due to the changes in the traffic,economy and with the permanent increase of the population, during the second half of the nineteenth century, many handcrafts have revived. Many trading stores were opened and Tuesday became the market day. These new circumstances brought significant changes in Gostivar. The Merchants from Veles and Tetovo and the craftsmen from Kichevo and Krushevo among the others, contributed in founding of the Gostivar bazaar. In that time new crafts appeared to meet the demands of the time. There were saddlers, tinkers, coppersmiths and goldsmiths among others. Today, many of those crafts are on the brink of complete extinction and are only vague memories of Gostivars.

Today Gostivar is very important city in the west part of Macodonia.