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Old names:
1. Heraclea Linkestis (founded by Phillip 2. Macedonian, named after Hercules, and the tribe Lynx);
2. Obitel (old macedonian word for: 1. family, 2, monastery), called after the monastery located on that place.
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Bitola (Битола) is a city in the southwestern part of the Republic of Macedonia. It is an administrative, cultural, industrial, commercial and educational centre. It is located in the southern part of the Pelagonia valley, surrounded by the Baba and Nidže mountains, 14 km north of the Medžitlija-Níki border crossing with Greece. It is an important junction connecting the south of the Adriatic Sea with the Aegean Sea and Central Europe. It is known from the Ottoman period as "the city of the consuls", as many European countries had consulates in Bitola. According to some sources Bitola is the second largest town in the country and by others the third. Bitola is also centre of the Bitola municipality.
(Excerpt from Wikipedia)
1. Heraclea Linkestis (founded by Phillip 2. Macedonian, named after Hercules, and the tribe Lynx);
2. Obitel (old macedonian word for: 1. family, 2, monastery), called after the monastery located on that place.
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Bitola (Битола) is a city in the southwestern part of the Republic of Macedonia. It is an administrative, cultural, industrial, commercial and educational centre. It is located in the southern part of the Pelagonia valley, surrounded by the Baba and Nidže mountains, 14 km north of the Medžitlija-Níki border crossing with Greece. It is an important junction connecting the south of the Adriatic Sea with the Aegean Sea and Central Europe. It is known from the Ottoman period as "the city of the consuls", as many European countries had consulates in Bitola. According to some sources Bitola is the second largest town in the country and by others the third. Bitola is also centre of the Bitola municipality.
(Excerpt from Wikipedia)
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitola
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 41°2'4"N 21°19'35"E
- Skopje 116 km
- Pristina 186 km
- Niš 262 km
- Kragujevac 339 km
- Bari 387 km
- Sarajevo 409 km
- Smederevo 410 km
- Borča 439 km
- Belgrade 439 km
- Banja Luka 544 km
- Municipality of Bitola 1.2 km
- Utaec 1.6 km
- Nova Bitola 1.8 km
- Dovledzhik 1.8 km
- Gorno Orizari 2.4 km
- Nov Biljanik 2.5 km
- Oblakovska Mt. 8.7 km
- Pelister National Park 13 km
- Baba / Varnous Mountain 15 km
- Pelagonia 15 km
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