The travel chronicler Evliya Chelebi, who visited it in 1662, recorded that it had 600 households, a mosque, a mezjid, an inn and 15 handicraft stores.
Severno od mesta je gora Osogovo (2.252 m), 8 km stran na jugu pa je dolina zaprta z goro Plačkovica (1.754 m).