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Prilep is a centre for high-quality tobacco and cigarettes, as well as metal processing, electronics, timber, textiles, and food industries. The city also produces a large quantity of Macedonian Bianco Sivec (pure white marble). Tobacco is one of Prilep's traditional cash crops and prospers in the Macedonian climate.
Prilep (Macedonian: Прилеп [ˈpriːlɛp] ⓘ) is a municipality in the south of North Macedonia. Prilep is also the name of the city where the municipal seat is found. It is located in the Pelagonia Statistical Region .
During the Kosovo War in 1998 the village was nearly completely destroyed. Militants of the Kosovo Liberation Army and Serbian forces fought each other near Prilep on the 2nd August 1998, where two Serbian Policemen were killed and the KLA pushed out of the village.
The Prilep Clock Tower (Saat-Kula) overlooks the main square, and the ruined minaret of Čarši Mosque can be seen in the background. The Old Bazaar (Macedonian: Стара чаршија, romanized: Stara čaršija) is a bazaar located in Prilep, North Macedonia. It is located east of the main city square and north of the Prilep River.
The etymology of Prilepnica / Përlepnica may come from the same origin as the etymology of Prilep a town today in North Macedonia. In the Albanian language also the word Përlep appears in both; the name Prilep means “stuck” on the rocks in Old Church Slavonic. This is in reference to an old fortress that was attached to the rocky hilltop.
Prilep is a city in North Macedonia. Prilep (Cyrillic: Прилеп) may also refer to: Lordship of Prilep, a successor-state of the Serbian Empire; Prilep, Burgas Province, a village in the Burgas Province, Bulgaria; Prilep, Dobrich Province, a village in the Dobrich Province, Bulgaria; Prilep, Kosovo, a village in Kosovo
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