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'''Kumanovo''' is an important city in the northern part of the [[Republic of Macedonia]]. The origin of the name probably comes from the Turkic tribe [[Cumans]] that were settled in the 12-13 century.
The town's metal-processing, tobacco, agriculture, footwear and textile industries have made it an economic, trading and cultural center of approximately 135,529 people. The [[Church of St. George in Kumanovo|Church of St. George]] at the [[Monastery of Staro Nagoricane]] is the best known cultural and historical monument in Kumanovo. It was built in the 11th century and was reconstructed in the l4th. During its reconstruction, the fresco-painters [[Mihailo]] and [[Evtihij]] painted its walls with frescoes of exceptional skill. Together with [[Prilep]], it was in Kumanovo that on October 11, 1941, the anti-fascist insurrection of the Macedonian people and its struggle for national and social liberation began.▼
▲The town's metal-processing, tobacco, agriculture, footwear and textile industries have made it an economic, trading and cultural center of approximately 135,529 people. The [[Church of St. George in Kumanovo|Church of St. George]] at the [[Monastery of Staro Nagoricane]] is the best known cultural and historical monument in Kumanovo. It was built in the 11th century and was reconstructed in the l4th. During its reconstruction, the fresco-painters [[Mihailo]] and [[Evtihij]] painted its walls with frescoes of exceptional skill. Together with [[Prilep]], it was in Kumanovo that on October 11, 1941, the anti-fascist insurrection of the Macedonian people and its struggle for national and social liberation began.
 
== Violence ==
 
At 4:45 PM, on December 27, 2002, a bomb went off in front of Kumanovo's Goce Delcev High School while classes were still in session, killing one and injuring five bystanders. Goce Delcev is Kumanovo's biggest high school, and is located near the central square. Shrapnel was found as far as 100 meters away from a trash can in front of the school where the bomb had been concealed. Shortly after the detonation, police arrived on the scene and blocked off adjacent streets. Although authorities have yet to discern who is responsible for the attack it is not believed that [[al Qaeda]] or any other foreign terrorist group was involved in the bombing.
 
== Narcotics ==
 
Illegal drugs are notably high spread in Kumanovo particularly becauseof its location which is close to three border crossings. Dragi Karadzinski, doctor and specialist in neuro-psychiatry at the Hospital Centre in Kumanovo, believes that the two most common narcotics among Kumanovo's youth are [[marijuana]] and [[hashish]]. The drug trade in Kumanovo has lead to a criminal underworld directly tried to [[Albanian]] mob factions.
 
== External Links ==
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