Macedonia
Macedonia (Macedonian: Ìàêåäîíè¼à; English: /ˌmæsɨˈdoʊniə/ ( listen) mas-i-DOH-nee-ə), officially the Republic of Macedonia (Ðåïóáëèêà Ìàêåäîíè¼à, transliterated: Republika Makedonija [rɛˈpublika makɛˈdɔnija] ( listen)), is a country located in the Vardar Macedonia region in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeastern Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991. It became a member of the United Nations in 1993, but as a result of a dispute with Greece over its name, it was admitted under the provisional reference of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,[3][4] sometimes abbreviated as FYROM.
A landlocked country, the Republic of Macedonia is bordered by Kosovo[a] to the northwest, Serbia to the north, Bulgaria to the east, Greece to the south and Albania to the west.[5] The country’s capital is Skopje, with 506,926 inhabitants according to a 2004 census. Other cities include Bitola, Kumanovo, Prilep, Tetovo, Ohrid, Veles, Štip, Kočani, Gostivar and Strumica. It has more than 50 lakes and sixteen mountains higher than 2,000 m (6,562 ft). Macedonia is a member of the UN and the Council of Europe. Since December 2005 it has also been a candidate for joining the European Union and has applied for NATO membership.
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Macedonia
country name:
Macedonia
capital:
Skopje
area:
25,333.0 km²
population:
2,061,000
currency:
Denar (MKD)
languages:
Macedonian, Albanian, Turkish, Roma, Serbian
neighbours:
Albania, Greece, Serbia and Montenegro, Bulgaria, Serbia
