Štip Municipality

local administrative unit (opština) in North Macedonia

Pastrmajlija (), also rendered as Pastrmalija (), is a Macedonian bread pie made from dough, cheese, eggs and meat. Pastrmajlija is usually oval-shaped with sliced meat cubes on top of it. Varieties use smoked or dried pork and poultry meat, while others use eggs, lard, sheep cheese, kashkaval, mushrooms and spicy pickled pepper. Its name is from the word pastrma, meaning salted and dried mutton, sheep or lamb meat (cf. "pastırma"). The Macedonian digital dictionary calls it "pastrmalija".

Otinja () is a river that bisects the city of Štip, North Macedonia and is a tributary to the Bregalnica river. The river is of medium length, but the last part that flows through the city often dries up in the summer months as the water is blocked upstream for irrigation of the farms and vegetable gardens north of the city. The last 3 km of the river, that passes through the center of Štip, are bounded by a quay built of stone and mortar, which is criss-crossed by several bridges, including the medieval Stone Bridge of Štip (), and is an integral part of the Štip downtown.

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Lakavica, or Kriva Lakavica ( or ), is a river in the east-central part of the Republic of North Macedonia, in Štip and Konče municipalities. It is a left tributary of the Bregalnica River, the second largest river in country. The Lakavica Valley is very fertile and dotted with many villages and farms.

The Kežovica mineral spa () is situated near the southern Štip suburb of Novo Selo in North Macedonia, just after the canyon that the river Bregalnica forms when exiting the city. The water temperature is at the source and is slightly radioactive, which is used for medicinal purposes. There is a thermal bath built in the vicinity of the main spring, as well as a hospital unit, specializing in physiotherapy performed in pools filled with water from the mineral springs.