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href="https://roa-rup.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cociani" title="Cociani – Aromanian" lang="rup" hreflang="rup" data-title="Cociani" data-language-autonym="Armãneashti" data-language-local-name="Aromanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Armãneashti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kotchani_(Ko%C4%8Dani)" title="Kotchani (Kočani) – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Kotchani (Kočani)" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%96" title="Кочані – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Кочані" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%96" title="Кочані – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Кочані" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8" title="Кочани – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Кочани" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ko%C4%8Dani" title="Kočani – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Kočani" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%B2txani" title="Kòtxani – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Kòtxani" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kochani_(kapital_sa_munisipyo)" title="Kochani (kapital sa munisipyo) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Kochani (kapital sa munisipyo)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ko%C4%8Dani" title="Kočani – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Kočani" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ko%C4%8Dani" title="Kočani – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Kočani" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CF%8C%CF%84%CF%83%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%B7" title="Κότσανη – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Κότσανη" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ko%C4%8Dani" title="Kočani – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Kočani" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ko%C4%8Dani" title="Kočani – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Kočani" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%88%DA%86%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C" title="کوچانی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="کوچانی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%BD%94%EC%B0%A8%EB%8B%88" title="코차니 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="코차니" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BF%D5%B8%D5%B9%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%AB_(%D6%84%D5%A1%D5%B2%D5%A1%D6%84,_%D5%84%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A5%D5%A4%D5%B8%D5%B6%D5%AB%D5%A1)" title="Կոչանի (քաղաք, Մակեդոնիա) – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Կոչանի (քաղաք, Մակեդոնիա)" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ko%C4%8Dani" title="Kočani – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Kočani" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ie mw-list-item"><a href="https://ie.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ko%C4%8Dani" title="Kočani – Interlingue" lang="ie" hreflang="ie" data-title="Kočani" data-language-autonym="Interlingue" data-language-local-name="Interlingue" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingue</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ko%C4%8Dani" title="Kočani – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Kočani" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%A6%27%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%99" title="קוצ'אני – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="קוצ'אני" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%99%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A9%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98" title="კოჩანი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="კოჩანი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ko%C4%8Danai" title="Kočanai – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Kočanai" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kocsani" title="Kocsani – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Kocsani" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8" title="Кочани – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Кочани" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%99%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A9%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98" title="კოჩანი – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="კოჩანი" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%89" title="كوتشانى – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="كوتشانى" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mdf mw-list-item"><a href="https://mdf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8" title="Кочани – Moksha" lang="mdf" hreflang="mdf" data-title="Кочани" data-language-autonym="Мокшень" data-language-local-name="Moksha" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Мокшень</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ko%C4%8Dani" title="Kočani – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Kočani" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B3%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%8B" title="コチャニ – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="コチャニ" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kotsjani" title="Kotsjani – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Kotsjani" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%88%DA%86%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A" title="کوچاني – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="کوچاني" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koczani" title="Koczani – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Koczani" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ko%C4%8Dani" title="Kočani – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Kočani" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koceani,_Macedonia_de_Nord" title="Koceani, Macedonia de Nord – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Koceani, Macedonia de Nord" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8" title="Кочани – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Кочани" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ko%C3%A7ani" title="Koçani – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Koçani" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ko%C4%8Dani" title="Kočani – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Kočani" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cu mw-list-item"><a href="https://cu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8" title="Кожани – Church Slavic" lang="cu" hreflang="cu" data-title="Кожани" data-language-autonym="Словѣньскъ / ⰔⰎⰑⰂⰡⰐⰠⰔⰍⰟ" data-language-local-name="Church Slavic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Словѣньскъ / ⰔⰎⰑⰂⰡⰐⰠⰔⰍⰟ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szl mw-list-item"><a href="https://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koczani" title="Koczani – Silesian" lang="szl" 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data-file-width="3872" data-file-height="2592" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="trow" style="display:flex"><div>From the top, View of Kočani, St. George's Church, Freedom Monument</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1028600610">.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols{text-align:center;display:table;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-row{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cell{display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cellt{display:table-cell;vertical-align:top}</style> <div class="ib-settlement-cols"> <div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Kocani_Municipality,_North_Macedonia.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Kočani"><img alt="Flag of Kočani" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Flag_of_Kocani_Municipality%2C_North_Macedonia.svg/120px-Flag_of_Kocani_Municipality%2C_North_Macedonia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="50" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Flag_of_Kocani_Municipality%2C_North_Macedonia.svg/250px-Flag_of_Kocani_Municipality%2C_North_Macedonia.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Flag</div></div><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_Ko%C4%8Dani_Municipality.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Official seal of Kočani"><img alt="Official seal of Kočani" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Coat_of_arms_of_Ko%C4%8Dani_Municipality.svg/77px-Coat_of_arms_of_Ko%C4%8Dani_Municipality.svg.png" decoding="async" width="77" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Coat_of_arms_of_Ko%C4%8Dani_Municipality.svg/115px-Coat_of_arms_of_Ko%C4%8Dani_Municipality.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Coat_of_arms_of_Ko%C4%8Dani_Municipality.svg/154px-Coat_of_arms_of_Ko%C4%8Dani_Municipality.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="768" data-file-height="999" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Seal</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Motto(s): <div class="ib-settlement-nickname nickname">City of rice and geothermal water</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap .l0{font-size:0;position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/North_Macedonia_location_map.svg/250px-North_Macedonia_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="207" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/North_Macedonia_location_map.svg/375px-North_Macedonia_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/North_Macedonia_location_map.svg/500px-North_Macedonia_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1368" data-file-height="1133" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:32.161%;left:72.807%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Kočani"><img alt="Kočani" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, 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class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">41°55′16″N</span> <span class="longitude">22°24′41″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">41.92111°N 22.41139°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">41.92111; 22.41139</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg/23px-Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg/35px-Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg/46px-Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/North_Macedonia" title="North Macedonia">North Macedonia</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Statistical_Regions_of_North_Macedonia" class="mw-redirect" title="Statistical Regions of North Macedonia">Region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Logo_of_Eastern_Region,_North_Macedonia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Logo_of_Eastern_Region%2C_North_Macedonia.svg/15px-Logo_of_Eastern_Region%2C_North_Macedonia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Logo_of_Eastern_Region%2C_North_Macedonia.svg/23px-Logo_of_Eastern_Region%2C_North_Macedonia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Logo_of_Eastern_Region%2C_North_Macedonia.svg/30px-Logo_of_Eastern_Region%2C_North_Macedonia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="186" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Statistical_Region" title="Eastern Statistical Region">Eastern</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_North_Macedonia" title="Municipalities of North Macedonia">Municipality</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_Ko%C4%8Dani_Municipality.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Coat_of_arms_of_Ko%C4%8Dani_Municipality.svg/15px-Coat_of_arms_of_Ko%C4%8Dani_Municipality.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Coat_of_arms_of_Ko%C4%8Dani_Municipality.svg/23px-Coat_of_arms_of_Ko%C4%8Dani_Municipality.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Coat_of_arms_of_Ko%C4%8Dani_Municipality.svg/30px-Coat_of_arms_of_Ko%C4%8Dani_Municipality.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="768" data-file-height="999" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Municipality_of_Ko%C4%8Dani" class="mw-redirect" title="Municipality of Kočani">Kočani</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Geoname</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.geonames.org/789403/kochani.html">789403</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1337<sup id="cite_ref-history_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Council</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/VMRO-DPMNE" title="VMRO-DPMNE">VMRO-DPMNE</a> - 9, <a href="/wiki/SDSM" class="mw-redirect" title="SDSM">SDSM</a> - 8, <a href="/wiki/The_Left_(North_Macedonia)" title="The Left (North Macedonia)">Levica</a> - 1, Independent - 1</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Mayor</th><td class="infobox-data"><i>vacant</i></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">18.6 km<sup>2</sup> (7.2 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Highest elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">420 m (1,380 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Lowest elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">350 m (1,150 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2021)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">24,632<sup id="cite_ref-2021census_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2021census-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B1" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+1">UTC+1</a> (<a href="/wiki/Central_European_Time" title="Central European Time">CET</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B2" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+2">UTC+2</a> (<a href="/wiki/Central_European_Summer_Time" title="Central European Summer Time">CEST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbering_plan" title="Telephone numbering plan">Area code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">(++389) 33</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Car_plates" class="mw-redirect" title="Car plates">Car plates</a></th><td class="infobox-data">KO</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Official language</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Macedonian_language" title="Macedonian language">Macedonian</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Geothermal water temperature</th><td class="infobox-data">78°C</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Settlements</th><td class="infobox-data">28</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Climate</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Humid_subtropical_climate" title="Humid subtropical climate">Cfa</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.kocani.gov.mk/">www.kocani.gov.mk</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Kočani</b> (<a href="/wiki/Macedonian_language" title="Macedonian language">Macedonian</a>: <span lang="mk">Кочани</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="mk-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Macedonian" title="Help:IPA/Macedonian">[ˈkɔtʃani]</a></span> <span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-1" class="noexcerpt ext-phonos-PhonosButton ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement oo-ui-buttonWidget" data-ooui="{"_":"mw.Phonos.PhonosButton","href":"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/transcoded\/1\/12\/Mk-Kochani.ogg\/Mk-Kochani.ogg.mp3","rel":["nofollow"],"framed":false,"icon":"volumeUp","data":{"ipa":"","text":"","lang":"en","wikibase":"","file":"Mk-Kochani.ogg"},"classes":["noexcerpt","ext-phonos-PhonosButton","ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel"]}"><a role="button" tabindex="0" href="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/12/Mk-Kochani.ogg/Mk-Kochani.ogg.mp3" rel="nofollow" aria-label="Play audio" title="Play audio" class="oo-ui-buttonElement-button"><span class="oo-ui-iconElement-icon oo-ui-icon-volumeUp"></span><span class="oo-ui-labelElement-label"></span><span class="oo-ui-indicatorElement-indicator oo-ui-indicatorElement-noIndicator"></span></a></span><sup class="ext-phonos-attribution noexcerpt navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/wiki/File:Mk-Kochani.ogg" title="File:Mk-Kochani.ogg">ⓘ</a></sup></span>) is a town in the eastern part of <a href="/wiki/North_Macedonia" title="North Macedonia">North Macedonia</a>, situated around 100 kilometres (62 mi) east from <a href="/wiki/Skopje" title="Skopje">Skopje</a>. It has a population of 24,632 as of 2021<sup id="cite_ref-2021census_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2021census-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and is the seat of the <a href="/wiki/Ko%C4%8Dani_Municipality" title="Kočani Municipality">Kočani Municipality</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography_and_population">Geography and population</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ko%C4%8Dani&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Geography and population"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The town spreads across the Northern side of the <a href="/wiki/Ko%C4%8Dani_valley" class="mw-redirect" title="Kočani valley">Kočani valley</a>, along the banks of the Kočani river, where it leaves the mountain slopes and flows through the valley. North of the town there is the <a href="/wiki/Osogovo" title="Osogovo">Osogovo</a> mountain (2,252 m or 7,388 ft) and 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) to the south the valley is closed by the mountain <a href="/wiki/Plachkovica" class="mw-redirect" title="Plachkovica">Plačkovica</a> (1,754 m or 5,755 ft). The town is 350–450 m (1,150–1,480 ft) <a href="/wiki/Above_mean_sea_level" class="mw-redirect" title="Above mean sea level">above sea level</a>. </p><p>Kočani spreads over an area of 18.6 square kilometres (7.2 sq mi) and has population of 28,330 inhabitants which makes it the third regional center in the Eastern part of the country: </p> <ul><li>1948 – 6,657 inhabitants</li> <li>1994 – 26,364 inhabitants</li> <li>2002 – 28,330 inhabitants</li> <li>2021 – 24,632 inhabitants<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ko%C4%8Dani&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ethnic_structure">Ethnic structure</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ko%C4%8Dani&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Ethnic structure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the 1903 Austrian consular reports on ethnic composition of the kazas of the Sanjak of Skopje in 1903, the kaza of Kočani was populated by a total of 39,406 inhabitants, of whom 16,524 (41.93%) were <a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_Millet" class="mw-redirect" title="Bulgarian Millet">Bulgarian Exarchists</a>, 11,600 (29.44%) <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Turks" title="Ottoman Turks">Ottoman Muslim</a>, 7,800 (19.79%) <a href="/wiki/Albanians" title="Albanians">Albanians</a>, 1,680 (4.26%) <a href="/wiki/Aromanians" title="Aromanians">Aromanians</a>, 1,090 (2.77%) Patriarchists and 712 (1.8%) <a href="/wiki/Romani_people" title="Romani people">Romanis</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to the 2002 census, the ethnic composition of the city is as follows: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Macedonians_(ethnic_group)" title="Macedonians (ethnic group)">Macedonian</a>: 90.3%</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romani_people" title="Romani people">Roma</a>: 5.0%</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkish_people" title="Turkish people">Turks</a>: 3.0%</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vlachs_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Vlachs people">Vlachs</a>: 0.5%</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serb" class="mw-redirect" title="Serb">Serbs</a>: 0.2%</li> <li>Other: 1.0%</li></ul> <p>As of 2021, the city of Kočani has 24,632 inhabitants and the ethnic composition was the following:<sup id="cite_ref-Statistical_Office_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Statistical_Office-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Macedonians_(ethnic_group)" title="Macedonians (ethnic group)">Macedonians</a>: 20,229 (82.1%)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romani_people" title="Romani people">Romani</a>: 1,892 (7.7%)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aromanians" title="Aromanians">Aromanians</a>: 169 (<1%)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkish_people" title="Turkish people">Turks</a>: 138 (<1%)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serbs" title="Serbs">Serbs</a>: 36 (<1%)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanians" title="Albanians">Albanians</a>: 12 (<1%)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bosniaks" title="Bosniaks">Bosniaks</a>: 11 (<1%)</li> <li>Others: 118 (<1%)</li> <li>Unknown: 2,027 (8.2%)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Religious_denomination">Religious denomination</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ko%C4%8Dani&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Religious denomination"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Church" title="Eastern Orthodox Church">Orthodox</a>: 96% <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2008)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muslims" title="Muslims">Muslims</a>: 3% <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2008)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic">Catholic</a>: 0.3%</li> <li>Other: 0.7%</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Climate">Climate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ko%C4%8Dani&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The climate is <a href="/wiki/Humid_subtropical_climate" title="Humid subtropical climate">humid subtropical</a> (<a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen</a>: <i>Cfa</i>), influenced by altered Mediterranean climate which penetrates along the river <a href="/wiki/Bregalnica" title="Bregalnica">Bregalnica</a>. The average temperature is 12.9 °C (55.2 °F) with 538 mm (21.2 in) rainfall. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="City_Council">City Council</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ko%C4%8Dani&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: City Council"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following the 2021 local elections, the City Council is constituted as follows:<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th><b>Party / List</b> </th> <th><b>Seats</b> </th> <td rowspan="10"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kocani_2021.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="My Parliament"><img alt="My Parliament" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Kocani_2021.svg/360px-Kocani_2021.svg.png" decoding="async" width="360" height="185" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Kocani_2021.svg/540px-Kocani_2021.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Kocani_2021.svg/720px-Kocani_2021.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="185" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/VMRO-DPMNE" title="VMRO-DPMNE">VMRO-DPMNE</a></td> <td>9 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Union_of_Macedonia" title="Social Democratic Union of Macedonia">SDSM</a></td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/The_Left_(North_Macedonia)" title="The Left (North Macedonia)">The Left</a></td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politicians" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent politicians">Independent politicians</a></td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Total</b></td> <td style="text-align:center;"><b>19</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ko%C4%8Dani&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kocani_noke.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Kocani_noke.JPG/240px-Kocani_noke.JPG" decoding="async" width="240" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Kocani_noke.JPG/360px-Kocani_noke.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Kocani_noke.JPG/480px-Kocani_noke.JPG 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="751" /></a><figcaption>Kočani at night</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:BASA-2072K-1-499-11-Ko%C4%8Dani,_1942.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Kočani in 1942" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/BASA-2072K-1-499-11-Ko%C4%8Dani%2C_1942.JPG/220px-BASA-2072K-1-499-11-Ko%C4%8Dani%2C_1942.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/BASA-2072K-1-499-11-Ko%C4%8Dani%2C_1942.JPG/330px-BASA-2072K-1-499-11-Ko%C4%8Dani%2C_1942.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/BASA-2072K-1-499-11-Ko%C4%8Dani%2C_1942.JPG/440px-BASA-2072K-1-499-11-Ko%C4%8Dani%2C_1942.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1437" data-file-height="941" /></a><figcaption>Kočani in 1942</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ko%C4%8Dani_na_razglednica_od_1930ti.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Ko%C4%8Dani_na_razglednica_od_1930ti.jpg/220px-Ko%C4%8Dani_na_razglednica_od_1930ti.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="127" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Ko%C4%8Dani_na_razglednica_od_1930ti.jpg/330px-Ko%C4%8Dani_na_razglednica_od_1930ti.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Ko%C4%8Dani_na_razglednica_od_1930ti.jpg/440px-Ko%C4%8Dani_na_razglednica_od_1930ti.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1608" data-file-height="927" /></a><figcaption>Postcard of Kočani, from 1930s</figcaption></figure> <p>Due to its favourable geographic location, together with excellent natural climate characteristics, Kočani was inhabited as early as the ancient times first by the Paionians, Meds and <a href="/wiki/Thracians" title="Thracians">Thracians</a>. Later on, in the 6th century the <a href="/wiki/Slavs" title="Slavs">Slavs</a> inhabited parts of the region. More precisely, in the 7th century members of the <a href="/wiki/Slavic_peoples" class="mw-redirect" title="Slavic peoples">Slavic</a> tribe <a href="/wiki/Smolyani" title="Smolyani">Smolyani</a> colonized the <a href="/wiki/Ko%C4%8Dani_valley" class="mw-redirect" title="Kočani valley">Kočani valley</a> and built a fortification. The founders of the <a href="/wiki/Slavic_peoples" class="mw-redirect" title="Slavic peoples">Slavic</a> education, brothers Kiril and Metodij (<a href="/wiki/Cyril_and_Methodius" title="Cyril and Methodius">Cyril and Methodius</a>), stayed in the valley from the year 845 to 855 and in the <a href="/wiki/Bregalnica" title="Bregalnica">Bregalnica</a> area (<a href="/wiki/Morodvis" title="Morodvis">Morodvis</a>) started to preach Christianity in <a href="/wiki/Slavic_languages" title="Slavic languages">Slavic</a> language.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Although the settlement existed long before that, Kočani was first mentioned in a charter from 1337 in which <a href="/wiki/Despot_Jovan_Oliver" class="mw-redirect" title="Despot Jovan Oliver">Despot Jovan Oliver</a> donated the church of St. Dimitrija to Kočani. </p><p>Archaeological finds in the town itself have revealed remains of a settlement here in the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Empire" title="Roman Empire">Roman</a> and <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Empire" title="Byzantine Empire">Byzantine</a> periods. Early in the 15th century it fell under <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman</a> rule. The travel <a href="/wiki/Chronicler" class="mw-redirect" title="Chronicler">chronicler</a> <a href="/wiki/Evliya_%C3%87elebi" title="Evliya Çelebi">Evliya Çelebi</a>, who visited it in 1662, recorded that it had 600 households, a mosque, a mezjid, an inn and 15 <a href="/wiki/Handicraft" title="Handicraft">handicraft</a> stores. During the 18th and in the early 19th century, the town <a href="/wiki/Population_growth_rate" class="mw-redirect" title="Population growth rate">growth rate</a> stagnated. It was only around 1878 that the population began to rise, at which time it had about 450–500 households. The town has two feudal residences in the shape of <a href="/wiki/Ko%C4%8Dani_medieval_towers" title="Kočani medieval towers">towers</a> believed to date from the 16th–17th century. </p><p>At least 59 people were killed and 152 were injured after <a href="/wiki/Ko%C4%8Dani_nightclub_fire" title="Kočani nightclub fire">a fire</a> broke out in the Pulse nightclub during a concert on 16 March 2025.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Monuments">Monuments</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ko%C4%8Dani&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Monuments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Numerous cultural and historical monuments, from <a href="/wiki/Ancient_history" title="Ancient history">ancient</a> times to the <a href="/wiki/Middle_Ages" title="Middle Ages">Middle Ages</a>, can be found in the vicinity of Kočani. One of them is an archeological site of <a href="/wiki/Dolno_Gradishte" class="mw-redirect" title="Dolno Gradishte">Dolno Gradishte</a> from the late antic period, and two <a href="/wiki/Ko%C4%8Dani_medieval_towers" title="Kočani medieval towers">medieval towers</a> at the city center. </p><p>Monastery complexes in the nearby villages <a href="/wiki/Morodvis" title="Morodvis">Morodvis</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Panteley_(Kocani)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Panteley (Kocani) (page does not exist)">Panteley</a> are world-famous both for their architecture and unique frescoes. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Features">Features</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ko%C4%8Dani&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Features"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a 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See <a href="/wiki/Help:Media" title="Help:Media">media help</a>.</i></div> </div> <p>The town green, especially along the river bed and banks of the Kočani river, is the pride of the local people. The town is very clean and neat, for which it has proudly held the prestigious title of the cleanest town in <a href="/wiki/North_Macedonia" title="North Macedonia">North Macedonia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Today Kočani is a modern town with planned infrastructure, avenues, many modern buildings and blocks of flats, a <a href="/wiki/Kochani_General_Hospital" class="mw-redirect" title="Kochani General Hospital">hospital</a>, a shopping centre, a park and a newly built industrial zone. All this is carefully planned and structured, according to modern standards of living and esthetics. New suburbs are mainly built to the east where the town almost reaches the first houses of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Orizari_(Ko%C4%8Dani_Municipality)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Orizari (Kočani Municipality) (page does not exist)">Orizari</a> and to the West spreading over the industrial zone. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ko%C4%8Dani&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The City of Kočani is served by four primary schools: </p> <ul><li>Nikola Karev Primary School</li> <li>Saints Cyril and Methodius Primary School</li> <li>Rade Kratovče Primary School</li> <li>Malina Popivanova Primary School</li></ul> <p>There are also two secondary schools: </p> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ljup%C4%8Do_Santov_Gymnasium_Ko%C4%8Dani&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ljupčo Santov Gymnasium Kočani (page does not exist)">Ljupčo Santov Gymnasium</a> (specializing in economics)</li> <li>Gjošo Vikentev (specializing in electronics and machining)</li></ul> <p>There is also a primary school specializing in music: </p> <ul><li>Risto Jurukov Primary School for Music</li></ul> <p>The city also maintains a municipal library "Iskra" ("spark"). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sports">Sports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ko%C4%8Dani&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Local football club <a href="/wiki/FK_Osogovo" title="FK Osogovo">FK Osogovo</a> has played several seasons in the <a href="/wiki/Macedonian_First_Football_League" title="Macedonian First Football League">Macedonian First Football League</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Town_partnerships">Town partnerships</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ko%C4%8Dani&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Town partnerships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kočani maintains partnership links with the following places: </p> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Bulgaria" title="Bulgaria"><img alt="Bulgaria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kazanlak" title="Kazanlak">Kazanlak</a>, Bulgaria</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Hungary" title="Hungary"><img alt="Hungary" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/40px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/60px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Szigetszentmikl%C3%B3s" title="Szigetszentmiklós">Szigetszentmiklós</a>, Hungary</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey"><img alt="Turkey" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/45px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Yenifo%C3%A7a" title="Yenifoça">Yenifoça</a>, Turkey</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Croatia" title="Croatia"><img alt="Croatia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/40px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/60px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kri%C5%BEevci,_Croatia" class="mw-redirect" title="Križevci, Croatia">Križevci</a>, Croatia</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine"><img alt="Ukraine" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/45px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Pereyaslav" class="mw-redirect" title="Pereyaslav">Pereyaslav</a>, Ukraine</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Slovenia" title="Slovenia"><img alt="Slovenia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Flag_of_Slovenia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Slovenia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Flag_of_Slovenia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Slovenia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Flag_of_Slovenia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Slovenia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kranj" title="Kranj">Kranj</a>, Slovenia</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Serbia" title="Serbia"><img alt="Serbia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Serbia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Serbia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Serbia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Serbia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Serbia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Serbia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1350" data-file-height="900" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Novi_Kne%C5%BEevac" title="Novi Kneževac">Novi Kneževac</a>, Serbia</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Gosport" title="Gosport">Gosport</a>, England</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ko%C4%8Dani&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ko%C4%8Dani_Orkestar" title="Kočani Orkestar">Kočani Orkestar</a>, musicians</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kiril_F._Dzmbov&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kiril F. Dzmbov (page does not exist)">Kiril F. Dzmbov</a>, nuclear physicist, member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts and of MANU</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rade_Kratov%C4%8De&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rade Kratovče (page does not exist)">Rade Kratovče</a>, revolutionary</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pavle_Kro%C5%A1arev&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pavle Krošarev (page does not exist)">Pavle Krošarev</a>, pilot, (the first Macedonian civil-aviation pilot to achieve the rank of an airline captain)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Branko_Pendovski&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Branko Pendovski (page does not exist)">Branko Pendovski</a>, writer, president of the Writers' Association of Macedonia</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malina_Popivanova" title="Malina Popivanova">Malina Popivanova</a>, revolutionary</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blagoja_Popov&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Blagoja Popov (page does not exist)">Blagoja Popov</a>, politician, Chairman of the Executive Council (Prime Minister) of Macedonia 1974–1982</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blagoj_S._Popov&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Blagoj S. 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Popov</a>, mathematician and first dean of the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics of the University of Skopje, member of MANU</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ljup%C4%8Do_Santov&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ljupčo Santov (page does not exist)">Ljupčo Santov</a>, revolutionary</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stevo_Teodosievski" title="Stevo Teodosievski">Stevo Teodosievski</a>, musician</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boyka_Vaptsarova&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Boyka Vaptsarova (page does not exist)">Boyka Vaptsarova</a> <a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BF%D1%86%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0" class="extiw" title="bg:Бойка Вапцарова">bg</a>, public figure, wife of Bulgarian poet <a href="/wiki/Nikola_Vaptsarov" title="Nikola Vaptsarov">Nikola Vaptsarov</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jordan_Pop-Jordanov&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jordan Pop-Jordanov (page does not exist)">Jordan Pop-Jordanov</a>, engineer and physicist, member of the Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blagica_Jovanova&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Blagica Jovanova (page does not exist)">Blagica Jovanova</a>, engineer and Ph.D. in computer science, scientist, visiting professor in Universities in Paris and Macedonia, member and contributor of MPEG standards</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simeon_Kango_Ivanov&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Simeon Kango Ivanov (page does not exist)">Simeon Kango Ivanov</a>, musician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goso_Vikentiev" class="mw-redirect" title="Goso Vikentiev">Gošo Vikentiev</a>, commander in the XIV Macedonian Youth National Liberation Brigade in the attack to liberate Kočani from the Axis powers during World War II</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ko%C4%8Dani&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Ko%C4%8Dani_Municipality" title="Coat of arms of Kočani Municipality">Coat of arms of Kočani Municipality</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ko%C4%8Dani&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output 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