Besvica

Besvica
Village
Besvica

Location within Macedonia

Coordinates: 41°23′05″N 22°10′58″E / 41.38472°N 22.18278°E / 41.38472; 22.18278Coordinates: 41°23′05″N 22°10′58″E / 41.38472°N 22.18278°E / 41.38472; 22.18278
Country  Macedonia
Statistical region Vardar Statistical Region
Municipality Demir Kapija Municipality

Besvica is in the southeast of the Republic of Macedonia. It is an isolated village in the southern part of the Demir Kapija Municipality. The road from the Demir Kapija church south to the village of Konopiste was part of a system of roads in the days of the Turkish and improved by the French after World War I. Besvica is the first village past Demir Kapija on this road to Konopiste and the Kozuf mountain. Besvica was a crossroads for many years, between Demir Kapija and its southern villages to the main road through Macedonia, now highway 75. One of the only 2 mosques in the municipality is located here. The fountain memorial to fallen village soldiers during World War II pours clean water for drinking and use for the village inhabitants. Other villages on this road include Barovo, Krnjevo, Gorna Bošava, Dolna Bošava, and Konopiste

Notes

Macedonian census data of 2002

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