Valandovo

Valandovo (Macedonian: Валандово) is a town located in southeastern North Macedonia. Home to over 4,000 people, it is the seat of a municipality of the same name which covers a further 28 settlements. Valandovo is known for being home to an annual folk fest that has produced many of the Macedonian peoples' greatest songs. The town is also the birthplace of former Macedonian president Gjorge Ivanov.

Understand
Valandovo sits east of the Vardar River as it flows toward Greece, in the same valley that extends to Gevgelija. The municipality still maintains an important Turkish minority, making up over one-tenth of the population, but there are perhaps a dozen abandoned or nearly abandoned villages in this area that were once home to Turkish communities that have all but left for Turkey since the fall of the Ottoman Empire.

Valandovo was the site of two major historic events of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization. The first was in 1899 against Ottoman forces which resulted in the arrest and torture of about 100 individuals from the Valandovo area and nearby towns. The second occurred in 1915 against the new Serbian rulers, part of World War I. Serbia accused Bulgaria of orchestrating the rebels, which Bulgaria denied. The local Macedonian and Turkish populations were subject to arrest and torture by Serbian authorities, leading thousands to flee to Bulgaria.

Neighboring villages

 * Valandovo Municipality is home to a couple of waterfalls, one near the village of Prsten and the other near the village of Kočuli.
 * Valandovo Municipality is home to a couple of waterfalls, one near the village of Prsten and the other near the village of Kočuli.
 * Valandovo Municipality is home to a couple of waterfalls, one near the village of Prsten and the other near the village of Kočuli.
 * Valandovo Municipality is home to a couple of waterfalls, one near the village of Prsten and the other near the village of Kočuli.

Sleep
Rooms are available at Central Cafe (corner of Marsala Tito/Goce Delcev)