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North Macedonia<\/strong>, landlocked country<\/a> of the south-central Balkans<\/a>. It is bordered to the north by Kosovo<\/a> and Serbia<\/a>, to the east by Bulgaria<\/a>, to the south by Greece<\/a>, and to the west by Albania<\/a>. The capital is Skopje<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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North Macedonia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Republic of North Macedonia is located in the northern part of the area traditionally known as Macedonia<\/a>, a geographical region bounded to the south by the Aegean Sea<\/a> and the Ali\u00e1kmon River<\/a>; to the west by Lakes Prespa<\/a> and Ohrid<\/a>, the watershed west of the Crni Drim River, and the \u0160ar Mountains<\/a>; and to the north by the mountains of the Skopska Crna Gora<\/a> and the watershed between the Morava<\/a> and Vardar<\/a> river basins. The Pirin Mountains<\/a> mark its eastern edge. The Republic of North Macedonia occupies about two-fifths of the entire geographical region of Macedonia. The rest of the region belongs to Greece and Bulgaria. Most people with a Macedonian identity also refer to the region that constitutes<\/a> North Macedonia as Vardar Macedonia, the Greek part of Macedonia as Aegean Macedonia, and the Bulgarian<\/a> part of Macedonia as Pirin Macedonia. In this article, unless otherwise indicated, the name Macedonia refers to the present-day state of the Republic of North Macedonia when discussing geography and history since 1913 and to the larger region as described above when used in earlier historical contexts<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The region of Macedonia owes its importance neither to its size nor to its population but rather to its location at a major junction of communication routes\u2014in particular, the great north-south route from the Danube River<\/a> to the Aegean formed by the valleys of the Morava and Vardar rivers and the ancient east-west trade routes connecting the Black Sea<\/a> and Istanbul<\/a> with the Adriatic Sea<\/a>. Although the majority of the republic\u2019s inhabitants are of Slavic descent and heirs to the Eastern Orthodox tradition of Christianity<\/a>, 500 years of incorporation into the Ottoman Empire<\/a> left substantial numbers of other ethnic groups, including Albanians, Turks, Vlachs<\/a> (Aromani), and Roma<\/a> (Gypsies). Consequently, Macedonia forms a complex border zone between the major cultural traditions of Europe<\/a> and Asia<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ottoman control was brought to an end by the Balkan Wars<\/a> (1912\u201313), after which Macedonia was divided among Greece, Bulgaria, and Serbia. Following World War I<\/a>, the Serbian segment was incorporated into the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes<\/a> (renamed Yugoslavia<\/a> in 1929). After World War II<\/a> the Serbian part of Macedonia became a constituent<\/a> republic within the Federal People\u2019s Republic of Yugoslavia (later Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia). The collapse of Yugoslavia led the Republic of Macedonia to declare its independence on September 17, 1991. Britannica QuizWhich Country Is Larger By Area? Quiz<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The two major problems facing the newly independent Republic of Macedonia were ensuring for its large Albanian minority<\/a> the rights of full citizenship and gaining international recognition under its constitutional<\/a> name and membership in international organizations in the face of strong opposition from Greece, which claimed a monopoly on the use of the term Macedonia. (See<\/em> Researcher\u2019s Note: Macedonia: a contested name<\/a>.) After years of largely fruitless UN-mediated negotiations regarding the name issue, in June 2018 Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras<\/a> announced that an agreement (thereafter known as the Prespa Agreement<\/a>) had been reached under which the Macedonian republic would be known both domestically and internationally as the Republic of North Macedonia (Macedonian: Severna Makedonija). By January 2019 the Macedonian and Greek legislatures had both approved the measures necessary to pave the way for formal adoption of the new name, which came into effect on February 12, 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Physical features of North Macedonia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Geologically, North Macedonia consists mainly of heavily folded ancient metamorphic rocks<\/a>, which in the west have been eroded to reveal older granites<\/a>. In the central region are found sedimentary deposits of more recent age. Traversing<\/a> the country<\/a> from north to south is a series of active fault lines, along which earthquakes<\/a> frequently occur. The most severe of these in recent history occurred at Debar in 1967. Skopje<\/a> was largely destroyed by an earthquake in 1963.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The mobility of Earth\u2019s crust has also created two tectonic lakes, Prespa<\/a> and Ohrid<\/a>, in the southwest and has resulted in the formation of several mineral springs and hot springs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

North Macedonia is largely mountainous, with many peaks rising above the tree line at 6,600 feet (2,000 metres) above sea level<\/a>. The highest elevation is at Mount Korab<\/a> (9,030 feet, or 2,752 metres) on the Albanian border. Near the \u0160ar Mountains<\/a> in the northwest, the country is covered with forest<\/a>. Where this has been cleared (and often in the past overgrazed), the thin skeletal soils have been subjected to dramatic erosion<\/a> and gullying. There are also several broad and fertile valleys that provide good potential for agriculture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The greater part of North Macedonia (about nine-tenths of its area) drains southeastward into the Aegean Sea<\/a> via the Vardar River<\/a> and its tributaries. Smaller parts of this basin drain into Lake Doiran (Macedonian: Dojran) and into the Aegean via the Strumica and Struma rivers<\/a>. The remainder of North Macedonia drains northward via the Crni Drim River toward the Adriatic Sea<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The convoluted<\/a> and fractured geology of the area imposes upon many of these rivers<\/a> erratic courses that frequently drive through narrow and sometimes spectacular gorges. Such formations facilitate<\/a> the damming of rivers for electric power<\/a> generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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North Macedonia stands at the junction of two main climatic zones, the Mediterranean<\/a> and the continental. Periodically, air breaks through mountain barriers to the north and south, bringing dramatically contrasting weather patterns; one example is the cold northerly wind known as the vardarec<\/em>. Overall, there is a moderate continental climate: temperatures average in the low 30s F (about 0 \u00b0C) in January and rise to the high 60s and 70s F (about 20\u201325 \u00b0C) in July. Annual precipitation is relatively light, between about 20 and 28 inches (about 500 and 700 mm). Rainfalls of less than 1 inch (25.4 mm) in the driest months (July\u2013August) rise to nearly 4 inches (about 100 mm) in October\u2013November. Because of differences in local aspect and relief, there may be considerable variation in the climate, the eastern areas tending to have milder winters and hotter, drier summers and the western (more mountainous) regions having more severe winters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The mountainous northwestern parts of North Macedonia support large areas of forest vegetation. On the lower slopes this is principally deciduous<\/a> woodland, but conifers<\/a> grow at elevations as high as 6,600 feet (2,000 metres). Some areas of forest have been cleared to provide rough summer pasture. The forests support a variety of wildlife, including wild pigs<\/a>, wolves<\/a>, bears<\/a>, and lynx<\/a>. The dry and warm summers result in an abundance<\/a> of insect<\/a> life, with species<\/a> of grasshoppers<\/a> much in evidence, along with numerous small lizards<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All information come from Encyclopedia Britannica<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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