Pehčevo

Also known as Pehcevo

Pehčevo (, ) is a small town in the eastern part of North Macedonia. It is the seat of Pehčevo Municipality. Pehčevo is known for its winter tourism.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Pehčevo
Settlement.image_skyline: Pehcevo.jpg
Settlement.image_flag: Flag of Pehčevo Municipality.svg
Settlement.image_seal: Coat of arms of Pehčevo Municipality.svg
Settlement.pushpin_map: North Macedonia
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location within North Macedonia
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: 15px Eastern
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name2: 15px Pehčevo
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor

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Pehčevo (, ) is a small town in the eastern part of North Macedonia. It is the seat of Pehčevo Municipality. Pehčevo is known for its winter tourism.

==History== In the late 19th and early 20th century, Pehčevo was part of the Kosovo Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire. According to the statistics of Bulgarian ethnographer Vasil Kanchov from 1900, 4,070 inhabitants lived in Pehčevo (Pehchovo), 3,300 Bulgarian Muslims, 700 Bulgarian Christians and 70 Romani.