Rankovce (Macedonian: Ранковцеⓘ) is a municipality in the northeastern region of the Republic of North Macedonia.

It has a significant geostrategic position because it borders Serbia to the north and Bulgaria indirectly, through Kriva Palanka municipality, to the east.

An important road passes through it connecting the southern Balkans to Istanbul and Asia Minor, today known as the east-west corridor.

It lies on the Slavishko Pole,[2] a large plain that was a former lake in the Pliocene age, and to the north and south is surrounded by mountains.

The climate is moderate-continental driven by the mountain ranges and the influence of the Aegean Sea through the river of Kriva Reka.

Other notable springs are Carev Vrv (Kriva Reka), Bela Voda and Kalin Kamen.

The school teaches many subjects including literature, sciences, maths, geography, history, English and Spanish.

The village is scattered neighborhood type, populated since late antiquity, it has an archaeological site.

The settlement lies directly on the road to Kumanovo The municipality bus station is located about 600 meters from the village center.

The settlement is scattered neighborhood type and has been populated since late antiquity, as reflected in the archaeological sites of this period: Blidezh and Lutavchina.

This village is at a high altitude and of dispersed type with a municipal center a distance of about 20 km from the road.

Ginovci (Гиновци) - settlement is located on the southern Slavishko Pole not far from the highway to Kumanovo.

Krivi kamen (Криви Камен) - village is located on the northern part of the municipality.

Odreno (Одрено) - village located in the southern part of the municipality at the foot of the Osogovski mountains on the left side of the river.

Petralica (Петралица) - The settlement is located on the eastern part of the municipality on the right curve of the river and on the road leading to the Republic of Bulgaria.

Historical data shows that the village originated from late antiquity and there are several archaeological sites.

Psača (Псача) - settlement is located in the southeast part of the municipality, on the left side of the curve of the river and on the road to Kumanovo.

In the village according to the last census 157 people live, all of Macedonian ethnic origin and Orthodox religion.

Rankovce (Ранковце) - settlement located in the central part of Slavishko Pole[2] on the right side of the river and on the road that leads Bulgaria.

In the village according to the last census there were 1129 living inhabitants of whom 57 are Roma, 2 are Serb, 5 other ethnic groups and the rest Macedonians.

The birds are said to have discovered the monastery site, named Shtrkovica, in the village of Opila (Опила).

The original version can be seen in the form of engraved in stone at the ends of the front wall of the monastery in the village of Psača (Псача).