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Macedonia

	Македонија

Македонски	Република Македонија^[1] Република Македонија е држава со парламентарна демократија. Се наоѓа во Југоисточна Европа, во центарот на Балканскиот Полуостров. Главен град е Скопје. Република Македонија е само дел од етничка Македонија, и опфаќа околу 38% од нејзината територија. Република Македонија на исток граничи со Бугарија, на север со Србија и Косово, на запад со Албанија, и на југ со Грција. Должината на границите е вкупно 766 km, и тоа со: Албанија 151 km; Бугарија 148 km; Грција 246 km; Србија 221 km.
English	Macedonia - Republic of Macedonia The Republic of Macedonia is a landlocked country on the Balkan peninsula in southeastern Europe. It is bordered by ► Serbia and ► Kosovo to the north, ► Albania to the west, ► Greece to the south, and ► Bulgaria to the east. The capital is Skopje, with 500,000 inhabitants, and there are a number of smaller cities, notably Bitola, Prilep, Tetovo, Kumanovo, Ohrid, Veles, Štip, Kočani, Gostivar and Strumica. It has more than 50 natural and artificial lakes and sixteen mountains higher than 2,000 meters (6,550 ft) above sea level.

Short name	Macedonia
Official name	Republic of Macedonia
Status	Independent country since 1991
Location	South East Europe
Capital	Скопје (Skopje)
Population	2,034,000 inhabitants
Area	25,333 km²
Major languages	Macedonian (official)
Major religions	Orthodoxy and Islam
More information	Macedonia, Geography of Macedonia, History of Macedonia and Politics of Macedonia
More images	Macedonia - Macedonia (Category).

General maps

English: Map of the Republic of Macedonia

Македонски: Карта на Република Македонија

Municipalities of the Republic of Macedonia

History maps

This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day Macedonia, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day Macedonia.

These maps show the history of the Republic of Macedonia

Greco-Persian Wars around 500 BC

Greek states 371-362 BCE

early Hellenistic period (around 336 BC)

The Macedonian Kingdom 334-323 BCE

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The Expedition of Alexander the Great 334-323 BCE

Map of the Empire of Alexander

Map of the Empire of Alexander 334-323 BCE

Map of the Empire of Alexander (Norwegian)

Hellenistic successor states:

Kingdom of Ptolemy

Kingdom of Cassander

Kingdom of Lysimachus

Kingdom of Seleucus

Epirus

Other states:

Carthage

Rome

Greek colonies

Hellenistic world in 200 BCE

Hellenistic period (around 200 BC)

Territorial development of the Roman Empire 264 BC-192, including the conquest of present

Roman Republic 100 BCE

Map of the Roman Empire in 50

The extent of the Roman Republic and Roman Empire;

133 BC

44 BC (late Republic, after conquests by republican generals)

AD 14 (death of Augustus)

117 (maximum extension)

Camps of the Roman Legions in 80

Map of the Roman Empire in 116

Roman Empire in 117

{{left|Image:Macedoniaromanrule.JPG|Roman provinces including Macedonia, Achaea and Thrace

Roman Empire divided 395, showing the dioceses and praetorian prefectures of Gaul, Italy, Illyricum and Oriens (east), roughly analogous to the four Tetrarch zones of influence after Diocletian's reforms.

The division of the Empire after the death of Theodosius I, ca.395 AD superimposed on modern borders.

Western Roman Empire

Eastern Roman Empire

Invasions of the Roman Empire 100-500

Division of the Roman Empire in 406

Eastern Roman Empire and Western Roman Empire, c.476

Eastern Roman Empire

Eastern Roman Empire under emperor Justinianus

Map of the changes in borders of the Byzantine Empire

Byzantine Empire 550

The Byzantine Empire at the accession of Leo III, c. 717

The Byzantine Empire at the accession of Basil I, c. 867

The Byzantine Empire under Basil II, c. 1025

Byzantine Empire, 1025

The Byzantine Empire at the accession of Alexios I Komnenos, c. 1081

Map of the Byzantine Empire under Manuel Komnenos, c.1170.

Byzantine Empire, 1180

The despotate of Epirus from 1205 to 1230

The despotate of Epirus from 1230 to 1251

The Byzantine Empire in 1265 (William R. Shepherd, Historical Atlas, 1911).

Byzantine Empire in 1265

The despotate of Epirus from 1252 to 1315

The despotate of Epirus from 1315 to 1358

Byzantine Empire in 1355

Byzantine Empire 1400

Growth of the Ottoman Empire

Development of the European part of the Ottoman Empire

Growth of the Ottoman Empire

Map of the Ottoman Empire 1566

Location of the Ottoman Empire in 1683

Map of the Ottoman Empire 1801

Balkans after 1856

History of the wider geographical region of Macedonia

Not to be confused with the modern Republic of Macedonia

Greater Macedonia

Borders of Region of Macedonia according authors (1843-1927)

Ethnograhic map of the Balkans, 1861

Ethnic map of the Southwestern Balkan Peninsula (1890)

Bulgarian Ethnographic map of the modern Macedonia region, 19th century

Serbian Ethnographic map of the modern Macedonia region, 19th century

Map of the region contested by Serbia and Bulgaria and subject to the arbitration of the Russian Tsar

Division of Macedonia region between the Balkan states, 1913

Macedonia

Lands offered to Serbia by the Allies in 1915

Western Outlands in 1919

After World War I, parts of Macedonia (nowadays the Republic of Macedonia) ware annexed to Serbia and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes in 1918, which was renamed into Yugoslavia in 1929. This is a map of Yugoslavia in 1930

Division of Yugoslavia

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Ethnic distribution within Yugoslavia in 1961 (in Serbian)

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Ethnic distribution within Yugoslavia in 1981 (in Serbian)

An animated series of maps showing the breakup of the second Yugoslavia

Wartime 1991

Wartime 1992

Former Yugoslavia compared with the present borders

Old maps

This section holds copies of original general maps older than 70 years of this entry.

The wider geographical Macedonia region, 1885

Other maps

Ethnic map 1981

Map of Macedonia in the colors of the Flag of the Republic of Macedonia.

Satellite maps

Satellite image of Macedonia in December 2002

Notes and references

General remarks:

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