Origin of name
According to Marko Cepenkov capital of Krale Marko named Varos started to migrate people to build houses that were clinging to the walls of Varos. New town looked like the attached Varos therefore named Prilep.
History
City
of Prilep and all villages in the region of Prilep wider region date
back to antiquity, as Stibera archaeological site, near the village
Cepigovo. The
present location of the city of Prilep originates from the early Middle
Ages, when Prilep was an important trade and military-strategic
capital. It
was in the city of Prilep, after the disastrous defeat of Samuel
Belasica army in battle, in 1014, when he saw his blinded soldiers
Samiul king died of a heart attack. 
After
the death of Samuel 4 centuries later, in 1371, Prilep became the
capital of the Macedonian medieval feudal ruler Marko (known by his
supernatural forces and powers in folklore and stories), which after
the arrival of the Turks until his death in 1395 year ruled Prilep and the wider region of western and south-western Macedonia. By the arrival of the Turks, Prilep of high commercial city, is reoriented towards peasant tobacco production in particular. In
Prilep in 1564/65 year will happen the first large uprising of the
Macedonian people to unbearable Turkish rule, when disgruntled people from Mariovo will make a protest, followed by riots in court in Prilep. In
the XIX century, in Prilep tooks part great Macedonian revival and
collector of folklore Dimitar Miladinov, along with his assistant Rajko
Zinzifov and precisely in this period in contact with Miladinov, Mark
Cepenkov (born prilepchanec) will accept the idea of revival of the
Macedonian collection folklore. Ilinden
uprising will have a strong echo in Prilep, and famous battles
rakovodele Prilep Dukes Peter Acev and Krsto Germov-Sakir leader. After the Balkan wars and the division of Macedonia, Prilep extremely torn and broken to enter the kingdom of Yugoslavia. In
WWII, just in Prilep on 11.10.1941, with the attack on the Bulgarian
police station will start antifashistichkoto popular revolt against the
occupying power. Due
to the large number of fighters and sacrifices that he made Prilep in
WWII, the city after the war he received the epithet "hero city".
Population
Prilep
city has a favorable demographic picture, because the number of its
population has seen constant growth of about 1000 residents of each
census. According to the census of 2002 in Prilep 66,246 residents live, including:
| Macedonians |
61.320 | 92,56% |
| Romes | 4.372 | 6,60% |
| Serbian | 151 | 0,22% |
| Turkish | 123 | 0,18% |
| Albanian | 21 | 0,03% |
| Vlachs | 16 | 0,02% |
| Bosniaks | 17 | 0,02% |
| останати | 226 | 0,34% |
| Total | 66.246 |
Economy
Prilep
is the center of production of high quality tobacco and cigarettes,
metal processing, electronic, paper, textile, food and marble industry
(mine "Sivec).
Tobacco is one of the fist agriculture which succeeds in Macedonia's climate. Many of the major world producers of tobacco use tobacco Prilep after processing at their local factories. When in Prilep was founded Tobacco Institute to create new types of tobacco, it was the first example of the application of genetics in agriculture in the Balkans. Most residents live in the Prilep tobacco production.
Besides тобаццо production in Prilep, the big industrial companies working in high technology industries, more factories for furniture, construction materials and military equipment.
Концерт на КУД Мирче Ацев
Настап на Октетот Прилеп 
Денес, во 20.30 часот во галеријата на ЦК"Марко Цепенков" - Прилеп ќе биде отворена изложба на слики од третата ликовна колонија "Дрен" што во јули ја организираше Центарот за култура. На изложбата ќе бидат изложени 30 слики што ги создадоа уметниците - учесници на колонијата, творејќи во преубавиот манастирски комплек "Свети Илија- Дрен".
