Kriva Palanka

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Kriva Palanka
Крива Паланкa
Kriva Palanka and the Kriva River

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Kriva Palanka
Monastery of Joakim Osogovski
Kriva Palanka is located in Republic of Macedonia
Kriva Palanka
Location within Macedonia
Coordinates: 42°7′N 22°11′E / 42.117°N 22.183°E / 42.117; 22.183Coordinates: 42°7′N 22°11′E / 42.117°N 22.183°E / 42.117; 22.183
Country  Macedonia
Municipality Kriva Palanka municipality
Population ([citation needed])
 - Total 20,828
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 1330
Area code(s) +389 031
Car plates KU
Website www.krivapalanka.gov.mk www.krivapalanka.info

Kriva Palanka (Macedonian: Крива Паланка [ˌkriva ˈpalanka]  ( listen)) is a town located in the northeastern part of the Republic of Macedonia. It has nearly 21,000 inhabitants. The town of Kriva Palanka is the seat of Kriva Palanka Municipality.

The town lies near the Deve Bair national border crossing with Bulgaria, as such, there is constant heavy traffic passing through the main road which bisects the two sides of the town (Deve Bair is considered the main border crossing between Macedonia and Bulgaria because it links the capitals Skopje with Sofia).

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