Kosturino, Macedonia

Kosturino
Костурино
Village
Kosturino
Location within Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°21′26″N 22°36′34″E / 41.35722°N 22.60944°E / 41.35722; 22.60944Coordinates: 41°21′26″N 22°36′34″E / 41.35722°N 22.60944°E / 41.35722; 22.60944
Country  Macedonia
Municipality Strumica Municipality
Elevation 506 m (1,660 ft)
Population (2002)
  Total 1,280
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Website www.strumica.gov.mk
St. Demetrious Church in the village Kosturino, Macedonia, 1931
Village Kosturino, Macedonia, 1931

Kosturino (in Macedonian Костурино) is a village in the south east of the Republic of Macedonia, situated in the Strumica Municipality. The village had 1280 inhabitants in 2002, 99% of them ethnic Macedonians.

The village and the mountains around it were the scene of the Battle of Kosturino between Bulgarians and Irish in December 1915.

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