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On the southern foothills of the Osogovo mountains, in the
Kočani field, one of the cities with the best urbanistic design and solution
is located - the city of Kočani. It is settled in the eastern part of the
Republic of Macedonia, 115 km from the capital
Skopje and from the nearby city
tip, is just 32 km away. The city
is settled on the both sides of the Orizarska river. Kočani is very well
known for it's rice fields and because of the wealthy of the region with
water gorges. It is presumed that it was brought to Macedonia by the army of
Alexander The Great (336-323 BC), after the conquest of India, as
early as the 4th century BC.
The name Kočani is mentioned for the first
time in the year 1337, during the period of the feudal ruler,
King Marko, but it is confirmed that settlements existed here
much earlier than that. This is supported by the existence of the
representative archaeological site Morobizdon, in the Kočani village of
Morodvis. Its abundance of findings and multitude of historic layers are an
evidence of an intense and well-developed cultural life throughout the
centuries.
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