Strumica River
The Strumica or Strumeshnitsa is a river in North Macedonia and Bulgaria. It runs through the town of Strumica and flows into the river Struma. The Strumica takes its source from the Plačkovica mountain in Radoviš municipality in North Macedonia, running south in a deep valley and then known as the Stara Reka.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in North Macedonia and Bulgaria
- Also known as: “Strumeschniza”, “Strumica”, and “Strumnitsa”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Heraclea Sintica.
Heraclea Sintica
Archaeological site
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Heraclea Sintica, also known as Heraclea Strymonike, was an ancient Greek city located near what is now the village of Rupite in south-western Bulgaria.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include General Todorov and Mitino.
General Todorov
Village
Photo: Кочев, CC BY-SA 3.0.
General Todorov is a village in Petrich Municipality, in Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria. Before 1984, it was known as Pripechene. As of 2013, it had a population of 668.
Mitino
Village
Mitino is a village in Petrich Municipality, in Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria. Mitino is situated 3½ km southwest of Strumica River.
Rupite
Village
Rupite is a village which includes a small mountainous protected area in the southeastern part of Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria, 11 kilometers northeast of Petrich, Petrich Municipality, on the western bank of the Struma River. Rupite is situated 3½ km west of Strumica River.
Strumica River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Pirin Macedonia, Bulgaria, Balkans, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Venetian—“Strumica River” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Ստրումիցա”
- Asturian: “Ríu Strumica”
- Belarusian: “Струміца”
- Bulgarian: “Струмешница”
- Bulgarian: “Струмица”
- Cebuano: “Strumeshnitsa”
- Chinese: “斯特鲁米察河”
- Croatian: “Strumica”
- Dutch: “Strumica”
- Esperanto: “Strumica”
- French: “Stroumechnitsa”
- French: “Stroumitsa”
- French: “Strumica”
- German: “Strumica”
- Greek: “Στρούμιτσα”
- Greek: “Στρωμνιτσιώτης”
- Hebrew: “סטרומיצה”
- Hungarian: “Sztrumica”
- Irish: “Strumica”
- Italian: “Strumešnica”
- Latvian: “Strumica”
- Lithuanian: “Strumešnica”
- Lithuanian: “Strumica”
- Lower Sorbian: “Strumica”
- Macedonian: “Струмица”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Strumica”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Elva Strumitsa”
- Norwegian: “Strumica”
- Polish: “Strumesznica”
- Polish: “Strumica”
- Portuguese: “Rio Estrúmica”
- Russian: “Струмешница”
- Russian: “Струмица”
- Serbian: “Strumica”
- Serbian: “Струмица”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Strumica”
- Spanish: “Rio Strumica”
- Spanish: “Río Strumica”
- Spanish: “Strumica”
- Swedish: “Strumesjnitsa”
- Turkish: “Ustrumca Nehri”
- Ukrainian: “Струмиця”
- Upper Sorbian: “Strumica”
- Venetian: “Fiume Strumica”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Drangovo and Novo Konomladi.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include General Todorov and Kozhuh.
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Strumica River”. Photo: Spiritia, CC BY-SA 3.0.