Jegunovce () is one of the larger villages in the
Polog Valley,
North Macedonia
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. It is located about 10 mi (15 km) northeast of the Macedonian city of
Tetovo
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. It is the center of the
Jegunovce Municipality.
History
Jegunovce began to grow from a village into a small town after
World War II
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, when the new
Yugoslav government under
Josip Broz Tito
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built a large metallurgical plant (working mostly with
chromium
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Chromium ...
) in the area. The plant was named ''Jugohrom'', and was one of the largest employers in Yugoslavia. The plant was renamed ''Silmak'' in 2002, and closed in 2006. After reopening and closing again in early 2009 due to the world financial crisis and rapid decline in demand, Silmak resumed operations again in July 2009.
Demographics
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 846 inhabitants.
[ Ethnic groups in the village include:][Macedonian Census (2002)]
''Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion''
The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 108.
* Macedonians 804
*Serbs
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13
* Romani 21
*Others 8
In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village of Jegunovce was inhabited by 110 Orthodox Bulgarians.[Vasil Kanchov (1900). ]
Macedonia: Ethnography and Statistics
'. Sofia. p. 264.
Sports
The local football club is FK Jugohrom.
See also
* Jegunovce municipality
* North Macedonia
North Macedonia, officially the Republic of North Macedonia, is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe. It shares land borders with Greece to the south, Albania to the west, Bulgaria to the east, Kosovo to the northwest and Serbia to the n ...
* Municipalities of North Macedonia
The municipalities are the first-order administrative divisions of North Macedonia.
North Macedonia is currently organized into 80 municipality, municipalities (, ''opštini''; singular: општина, ''opština,'' Albanian language, Albanian: ...
References
External links
Official site of Jegunovce municipality
Villages in Jegunovce Municipality
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