Tetovo
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  Tetovo
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| Coordinates: 42°00′N 20°58′E / 42°N 20.967°E | |||
| Country |  Macedonie |
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| Municipality | Tetovo Municipality | ||
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| - Tot | 1,068 km2 (412.4 sq mi) | ||
| Hicht | 468 m (1,535 ft) | ||
| Indwallers (2002)[1] | |||
| - Tot | 52,915 | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - Simmer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 1200 | ||
| Aurie code(s) | +389 044 | ||
| Caur plates | TE | ||
| Wabsteid | tetovo.gov.mk [1] . |
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Tetovo (Template:Lang-mk, Template:IPA-mk; Albanie: Tetova, Tetovë; Turkis: Kalkandelen) is a ceety in the northwastren pairt o Macedonie, built on the fuithills o Šar Muntain an dividit bi the Pena River.
The ceety covers an aurie o 1,080 km2 (417 sq mi) at 468 metres (1,535 ft) abuin sea level, with a population o 86,580 citizens in the municipality.[1] Tetovo is hame tae the State University o Tetovo an Sooth East European University. The ceety o Tetovo is the seat o Tetovo Municipality.
The hame o several ethnic Albanie poleetical pairties an a population in which Albanies form a majority, Tetovo haes become the unoffeecial caipital o a predominantly Albanie region which extends in an airc frae Skopje tae Ohrid.[2][3] It is an aa hame tae the Naitional Democratic Pairty, an Albanie naitionalist poleetical entity.[2]
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[edit] Name
Accordin tae a legend Tetovo means "Tetoo's place" an, accordin tae meeth, the toun wis named efter the legendary hero Tetoo, who supposedly leared the toun o snakes.
Anither etymology o the name Tetovo is that it comes frae the Slavic wird "hteti" meanin: wantin, wantit. Hence, the name Tetovo comes frae its oreeginal ruits Htetovo or a "place whaur we want tae live". The initial /h/ soond wis regularly lost in Macedonie. The Albanie variant is a direct adaptation o the oreeginal Slavic name (see -ovo/-evo).
The name o the ceety in Turkis is Kalkandelen. Kalkan is a kynd o wooden ruiftop, as this wis the wey aw the hooses wur built centuries ago.
[edit] Main sichts
- Šarena Džamija ("The Painted Mosque"). It is locatit near the Pena river in the auld pairt o toun. The mosque wis built in 1438 an rebuilt in 1833 bi Abdurrahman Pasha, the son o Rexhep Pasha.
The Paintit Mosque.
- Lešok Monastery. The Monastery o Lešok wi the kirks o St. Athanasius an o the Kirk o the Holy Virgin are anerlie 8 kilometres (5 mi) away frae Tetovo, bi the road leadin tae the veelage o Brezno. The Kirk o the Holy Virgin, built in 1326, is an excellent example o Byzantine style an airchitectural tradition. The kirk haes three layers o frescoes. The 1st an bottom layer is frae the first time o construction, the seicont an middle ane wis addit sometime in the 17t century, an the third an top layer wis addit in 1879. Several marble columns frae the oreeginal kirk can still be seen in the Tetovo museum. The kirk o St. Athanasius wis built in 1924 next tae the kirk o the Holy Mither o God. In the yard o the Monastery o Lešok is the tomb o the cleric, writer an enlichtener Kiril Peichinovich, who wis born in 1770. In his honor, this monastery hosts an Internaitional Meetin o Literary Translators. Tetovo is an aw a host tae the Festival o the Macedonie Choirs.
- Tetovo Hamam, built aroond the same time as the Šarena Džamija an wis mainly uised for Wudu (avdes, abdest).
- Tetovo Kale Fortress (Baltepes Fortress), locatit on the top o the Baltepes hill, abuin Tetovo. It wis built in 1820 frae Abdurahman Pasha.
- Arabati Baba Tekke, built bi Sersem Ali Dede frae 1538–1548
- Tetovo's Stane Brig, ane o three stane brigs in the ceety. It crosses the Pena River
[edit] Demographics
The first census efter the creation o the Socialist Republic o Macedonie in 1953 recordit the population o Tetovo at 20,594 individuals, o whom a plurality o 7,916 (38.4%) wur Macedonie, 7,174 or 34.8% wur Albanie, 4,472 or 21.7% wur Turkis an 503 or 2.4% wure Serbs.[4]
As o 2002, the Municipality o Tetovo haes 86,580 inhabitants an the ethnic composition wis the follaein:[5]
- Albanies - 60,886 (70.3%)
- Macedonies - 20,053 (23.2%)
- Roma - 2,357 (2.7%)
- Turks - 1,882 (2.2%)
- Serbs - 604 (0.7%)
- Bosniaks - 156 (0.2%)
- Vlachs - 15 (0.04%)
- ithers - 627 (0.7%)
[edit] Releegion
The Albanie community o Tetovo practices Islam, an pairt o it is o Bektashi faith. Tetovo's Arabati Baba Tekke haes historically been baith a center o pilgrimage an o Albanie naitionalism.[6] The Turkis population is an aa predominantly Muslim. Macedonies, housomeivver, are maistly Orthodox Christians.
[edit] Tourism
Popova Šapka is a ski resort locatit in the Šar Muntains. Despite being aroond 7 kilometers away frae the Tetovo ceety centre, it is still generally associatit wi Tetovo. Popova Šapka attracts mony tourists durin the winter saison due it being ane o the popular ski resorts in the umwhile Yugoslavie. Despite the recreational an competitive skiin competitions, Popova Šapka haes mony villas an restaurant tae accommodate the fowk. The rise in hotels wis due tae the fact that the cable caur that teuk fowk frae Tetovo tae Popova Šapka wis destroyed durin the 2001 Macedonie conflict. Therefore, the fowk stay at Popova Šapka ower nicht afore returnin tae Tetovo.
[edit] Internaitional relations
[edit] Twin touns — Sister ceeties
Tetovo is twinned wi:
[edit] See an aa
[edit] References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 2002 Census results
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Cook, Bernard A. (2001). Europe since 1945: an encyclopedia. Taylor & Francis, 814–.
- ↑ Trankova, Dimana (2011). Tito, Teto and Some Troubled Tourism Await You in Tetovo, Macedonia. Balkan Traveller.
- ↑ 1953 census
- ↑ 2002 census results in Inglis an Macedonie (PDF)
- ↑ Coughlin, Kathryn M. (2006). Muslim cultures today: a reference guide. Greenwood Publishing Group.
[edit] Freemit airtins
- http://www.tetovo.gov.mk/
- http://www.gavro.com.mk/ - 'The Secrets of Tetovo' - The maist detailed page on Tetovo history
- http://www.cdnh.edu.mk/Proekti/multimedija2007/kirilpejcinovik2/inter.htm - web page for Kiril Pejchinovic - Tetoec
- Vratnica - A veelage near Tetovo
