day Blagoevgrad province) and stayed under Bulgarian rule until 1919, when it was ceded to the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes after the Treaty of Neuilly-sur-Seine. From 1929 to 1941, Strumica was part of the Vardar Banovina of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. On 6 April 1941, the first day of the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia, Strumica was captured by the German Army and, as Bulgaria was allied with Germany, Strumica was turned over under occupation of the Bulgarian armies on 18 April 1941. From 1941 to 1944, Strumica, as most of Vardar Macedonia, was annexed by the Kingdom of Bulgaria. On 11 September 1944 the Bulgarian army withdrew from Strumica and on 5 November 1944, the German army also left the town. After the war it became part of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia, one of the republics of Federal Yugoslavia. With the referendum on 8 September 1991, amid the breakup of Yugoslavia, the country became independent under the constitutional name Republic of Macedonia. Geography Strumica is located in the southeastern part of the country, close to the borders with Greece (15 km) and Bulgaria. It is situated in the geographical region of the Strumica Field, where the field meets the highland elevating into the Plavuš (west) and Belasica (south) mountains. The Struma river flows north of the city, while several tributaries flow through the city area. Climate Strumica has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification: Cfa). Population The population of the municipality of Strumica is 54,676. Macedonians: 50,258 / 91.9% Turks: 3,754 / 6.8% Others: 1.3% Notable people Goran Pandev, footballer Boris Trajkovski, former Macedonian president Zoran Zaev, Prime Minister of North Macedonia Baba Vanga, clairvoyant Zoran Madžirov, musician Blagoj Mučeto, partisan Kiro Stojanov, Catholic bishop Goran Popov, footballer Veljko Paunović, footballer Vančo Stojanov, athlete Igor Gjuzelov, footballer Jani Atanasov, footballer Goran Maznov, footballer Vasil Garvanliev, singer Haralampos Boufidis, Chieftain of the Macedonian Struggle Dimitrios Tsitsimis, revolutionary, soldier, and mayor of Kilkis Evangelos Koukoudeas, revolutionary and army officer Dimitrios Semsis, violinist Goran Trenchovski, director and writer Zekeriya Sertel, journalist Gallery References External links Official Strumica Government Website Official Book from 2002 Census of population see page 35 Cities in North Macedonia