 gostivar ( ; , ), is a city in the republic of macedonia, located in the upper polog valley region. it is one of the largest municipalities in the country with a population of 81,042,2002 census results and the town also covers . gostivar has good road and railway connections with the other cities in the region, such as tetovo, skopje, kiÄevo, ohrid, and debar. a modern freeway was built in 1995, from gostivar to tetovo,  long. gostivar is the seat of gostivar municipality. ==geography== gostivar is situated on the foothills of one of the most important mountains in the region: the Å ar mountains. near to gostivar is the village of vrutok, where the vardar river begins at an altitude of {{conve
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