Republic of Macedonia
| Republic of Macedonia Република Македонија
Republika Makedonija |
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| Anthem: Денес над Македонија Denes nad Makedonija Today over Macedonia |
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| Capital and largest city |
Skopje 42°0′N 21°26′E / 42°N 21.433°E |
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| Official languages | Macedonian[1][2] | |||||
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| Demonym | Macedonian | |||||
| Government | Parliamentary republic | |||||
| - | President | Gjorge Ivanov | ||||
| - | Prime Minister | Nikola Gruevski | ||||
| - | Speaker of the Parliament | Trajko Veljanovski | ||||
| Legislature | Assembly | |||||
| Independence from Yugoslavia | ||||||
| - | Declared | 8 September 1991 | ||||
| - | Officially recognised | 8 April 1993 | ||||
| Area | ||||||
| - | Total | 25,713 km2 (148th) 9,779 sq mi |
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| - | Water (%) | 1.9 | ||||
| Population | ||||||
| - | 2011[4] estimate | 2,058,539 (146th) | ||||
| - | 2002 census | 2,022,547 | ||||
| - | Density | 80.1/km2 (122nd) 210.5/sq mi |
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| GDP (PPP) | 2012 estimate | |||||
| - | Total | $22.147 billion[5] | ||||
| - | Per capita | $10,718[5] | ||||
| GDP (nominal) | 2012 estimate | |||||
| - | Total | $10.198 billion[5] | ||||
| - | Per capita | $4,935[5] | ||||
| Gini (2008) | 44.2[6] medium |
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| HDI (2011) |  0.728[7]high · 78th |
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| Currency | Macedonian denar (MKD) | |||||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |||||
| - | Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||||
| Drives on the | right | |||||
| Calling code | +389 | |||||
| Internet TLD | .mk | |||||
Republic of Macedonia (Macedonian: Република Македонија - Republika Makedonija) is an independent state on the Balkan peninsula in Southeastern Europe. The country borders Serbia to the north, Albania to the west, Greece to the south, and Bulgaria to the east. The country's currency is the Macedonian Denar (MKD).
Greece and the Republic of Macedonia are arguing over the name Macedonia. United Nations calls the Republic of Macedonia, "the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" (FYROM) (Macedonian: Поранешна Југословенска Република Македонија - ПЈРМ - Poranešna Jugoslovenska Republika Makedonija -PJRM). The north and northeast part of Greece has been called Macedonia for ages and officially since 1912, just like the southeast county of England Kent has been called Kent for a long time. 'FYROM' is also used by the United Nations and NATO as well as many other international organisations. But, many countries now call the country 'Republic of Macedonia'. The United Kingdom, for example, uses Republic of Macedonia in the diplomatic list.[8] The capital is Skopje, with more than 500,000 residents. It has many smaller cities. Some important ones are Bitola, Prilep, Tetovo, Kumanovo, Ohrid, Veles, Stip, and Strumica.
The Republic of Macedonia is often called a land of lakes and mountains. There are more than 50 large lakes and sixteen mountains higher than 2000 meters above sea level.
The country is a member of the United Nations and the World Trade Organization (WTO). Since December 2005, it is a candidate for joining the European Union. The Republic of Macedonia is also a partner and candidate member of NATO but Greece blocked Macedonia's entry into NATO until the name dispute between the two countries is solved.
The language spoken by the majority of the population is Macedonian. Albanian is also spoken by the Albanian minority (15%) living in the country.
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History[change | change source]
What is now Macedonia used to be a state called Socialist Republic of Macedonia in the southern part of the country of Yugoslavia. When that country broke up in 1991, Macedonia became independent.
Over time the territory which today is the Republic of Macedonia was ruled by a many different states and former empire.
Politics[change | change source]
Republic of Macedonia is a democratic country with a parliament.
Related pages[change | change source]
- List of rivers of Republic of Macedonia
- Macedonia
- Macedonia at the Olympics
- Macedonia national football team
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "The Macedonian language, written using its Cyrillic alphabet, is the official language in the Republic of Macedonia.", Article 7 of the Constitution of the Republic of Macedonia
- ↑ "Languages Law passed in Parliament". macedoniaonline.eu. 26 July 2008. http://macedoniaonline.eu/content/view/2507/1/. Retrieved 27 July 2008. "Using the Badenter principles, the Parliament had passed the use of languages law that will touch all ethnicities in Macedonia. The law doesn't allow for use of Albanian or any other minority language as a second official language on Macedonia's territory."
- ↑ "Regional Languages of Macedonia". CIA World Factbook. 2002 census. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2098.html#mk.
- ↑ Population from the State Statistical Office.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "Report for Selected Country". International Monetary Fund. http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2012/02/weodata/weorept.aspx?pr.x=2&pr.y=17&sy=2008&ey=2012&scsm=1&ssd=1&sort=country&ds=.&br=1&c=962&s=NGDPD%2CNGDPDPC%2CPPPGDP%2CPPPPC%2CLP&grp=0&a=. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
- ↑ "CIA – The World Factbook – Field Listing :: Distribution of family income – Gini index". Central Intelligence Agency. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2172.html. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
- ↑ "Human Development Report 2010". United Nations. 2010. http://hdr.undp.org/en/media/HDR_2010_EN_Table1.pdf. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
- ↑ "Foreign Embassies in the UK". http://www.fco.gov.uk/servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1007029396086&a=KDiplomaticList&aid=1013618543435..
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