Strumica
Strumica , town (1994 pop. 43,868), SE Macedonia. It is an agricultural center reliant on tobacco, livestock, and cotton production. Strumica, an ancient town, was long under Turkish rule; it was ceded to Bulgaria in 1913 and to Yugoslavia in 1919, becoming part of the constituent republic of Macedonia. Landmarks include the ruins of a castle built by the Roman Emperor Tiberius and remains of a castle that belonged to the 14th-century Serbian hero Marko Kraljevich.
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Strumica
Book article from: Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names
Strumica, Macedonia Tiveriopol/Tiberiopolis The former name is said to have been adopted by the Byzantines after the relics of the...x2013;ad 37), Roman emperor (14–37), were brought here. The present name was used in parallel and comes from the Strumica River, a tributary of the Struma River (when in ...
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Macedonia
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Physical Geography
...percent of its territory. Within Macedonia, the Vardar has thirty-seven tributaries, including the Bregalnica and the Crna. The Strumica in the southeast is the only other river of note flowing into the Aegean. The Crni Drim River drains the westernmost 13 percent...
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