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Skopje or Skoplje , city (1994 pop. 444,760), capital of Macedonia, on the Vardar River. It is an important transportation and trade center as well as an industrial hub where chemicals, cement, machinery, and diverse light manufactures are produced. The city is also the see of an Orthodox Eastern archbishop and the seat of a Macedonian university (founded 1949).

Dating from Roman times, Skopje was captured by the Serbs in 1282 and was the scene (1346) of Stephen Dušan 's coronation as czar of Serbia. It fell to the Turks in 1392 and until the fall of Constantinople (1453) was considered the second city of Turkey. Skopje was taken by the Serbs in the Balkan Wars of 1912-13 and was included in Yugoslavia in 1918. It was occupied by the Germans during World War II. After liberation, it became the capital of the Yugoslavian constituent republic of Macedonia from 1945 until 1991, when Macedonia declared its independence.

Among the many ancient landmarks of the city are the Stone Bridge across the Vardar (said to date from Roman times and rebuilt in the 15th cent.), the Turkish citadel, the fine Mosques of Mustafa Pasha and of Sultan Murad (both 15th cent.), and the bazaar. Much of the city had to be rebuilt after a disastrous earthquake in 1963.

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Skopje

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Skopje, Macedonia Skupi, Prima Justiniana, Üsküb An Illyrian town, it was the native town of Justinian I^† who rebuilt it in 535 after an earthquake in 518. He renamed it after himself ‘First (Town) of Justinian’. It was held by the Ottoman Turks between 1392 and 1912 and they renamed it Üsküb. It was incorporated into Serbia in 1913 as Skoplje, the Macedonian spelling, and occupied by the Bulgarians during both World Wars. It became the capital of the Macedonian Republic within the former Yugoslavia in 1945 and remained so when that republic achieved its independence in 1991. The meaning is not known.

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Skopje

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Skopje Capital of Macedonia, on the River Vardar. Founded in Roman times, it became capital of the Serbian Empire in the 14th century, fell to the Ottoman Turks in 1392, and incorporated into Yugoslavia in 1918. In 1963 an earthquake destroyed most of the city. Industries: metals, textiles, chemicals, glassware. Pop. (2002 est.) 448,600.

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