In the vicinity of Gostivar is the largest Macedonian national park Mavrovo. Gostivar is 67 km from Skopje, while neighboring cities are, Kicevo 46 km to the south and Tetovo 27 km to the north. It is the centre of the same-named municipality , which covers an area of about 650 km2. It represents an administrative, political, business and cultural environment for about eighty thousand inhabitants. Typical multicultural environment, in which almost all nationalities in Macedonia live. With the good location of the city, today it has developed trade, industry and economy.