seventeen towns in north macedonia have population between 10,000 and 50,000: veles (43,716), štip (43,652), ohrid (42,033), gostivar (35,847), strumica (35,311), kavadarci (29,188), kočani (28,330), kičevo (27,067), struga (16,559), radoviš (16,223), gevgelija (15,685), debar (14,561), kriva palanka (14,558), sveti nikole (13,746), negotino (13,284), delčevo (11,500) and vinica (10,863). these towns are often referred to as "cities of medium size".