page_title: Kratovo, North Macedonia
section_title: Modern
hierarchical_section_title: Kratovo, North Macedonia / History / Modern
caption_attribution_description: Македонски: Разгледница од Кратово, од 1930-те години English: Postcard of Kratovo, Macedonia from 1930's This media file is produced by Wikipedian in Residence in Category:Wikipedian in Residence at DARM in 2016.
context_page_description: Kratovo is a small town in North Macedonia. It is the seat of Kratovo Municipality. It lies on the western slopes of Mount Osogovo at an altitude of 600 metres above sea level. Having a mild and pleasant climate, it is located in the crater of an extinct volcano. It is known for its bridges and towers.
context_section_description: It seems that the mining recovered only in the first half of the 19th century. In 1829 a local aga managed the mines. However, mining was now done on a much smaller scale: Amu Bue in 1836 found only two furnaces working, both in bad condition, and some 5,000 – 6,000 inhabitants. Later in that century the work was carried out by forced labor force recruited in villages from the region and many families have left the area because of it. The mines were finally shut down in 1882. At the end of the century the town population dwarfed to 4,500, more than half Muslim Turks.
  In 1905 Kratovo had a Bulgarian lower grammar school and two primary schools while the Serbs had two primary schools. Each community held one of town churches.
  The town was taken by the Serbian army on 9 November 1912. In following years the Turkish population left the town so that in 1931 the number of inhabitants was just 1,833.
caption: Postcard of Kratovo, Macedonia from 1930's
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