Bistrica (Municipality, Macedonia)

Бистрица

Last modified: 2004-12-18 by ivan sache
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by Ivan Sache

• Presentation of Bistrica
• Municipal flag of Bistrica

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• Macedonia
• Macedonia: Municipal flags

Presentation of Bistrica

There are several places called Bistrica all over the Slavic world (the name means approximately "clear spring"), for instance Bistrica ob Sotli in Slovenia, Marija Bistrica and Zlatar Bistrica in Croatia, Banská Bystrica in Slovakia, and Bystrice in Czech Republic.

The Macedonian city of Bistrica is a small town (5,779 inhabitants) located south of Bitola, on the southern border of the country.

Željko Heimer & Ivan Sache, 30 January 2002

Municipal flag of Bistrica

The municipal flag of Bistrica is in proportion 3:5, red with the Macedonian national flag, also in proportion 3:5, in canton.

Source: Macedonian Ministry of Local Self-Government website

Ivan Sache, 29 January 2002