Jegunovce is one of the larger villages in the Polog Valley

Polog

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, Republic of Macedonia

Republic of Macedonia

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. It is located about 10 mi (15 km) northeast of the Macedonian city of Tetovo

Tetovo

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. It is the center of the Jegunovce municipality

Jegunovce municipality

Jegunovce is a municipality in northwestern Republic of Macedonia. Jegunovce is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found...

.

History

Jegunovce began to grow from a village into a small town after World War II

World War II

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, when the new Yugoslav

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 government under Josip Broz Tito

Josip Broz Tito

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 built a massive metallurgical plant (working mostly with chromium

Chromium

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) in the area. The plant was named Jugohrom, and was one of the largest employers in Yugoslavia. The plant was renamed Silmak in 2002, and closed in 2006. After reopening and closing later on again in early 2009 due to the world financial crisis and rapid decline in demand, Silmak started its operations again in July, 2009.

See also

• Jegunovce municipality
  Jegunovce municipality
  Jegunovce is a municipality in northwestern Republic of Macedonia. Jegunovce is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found...
  
  
• Republic of Macedonia
  Republic of Macedonia
  Macedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...
  
  
• Municipalities of the Republic of Macedonia
  Municipalities of the Republic of Macedonia
  The Municipalities of the Republic of Macedonia are first-order administrative divisions. In August 2004, the Republic of Macedonia was reorganised into 84 municipalities ; 10 of the municipalities constitute the City of Skopje , a distinct unit of local self-government and the country's...