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The lands governed by the Republic of Macedonia were previously the southernmost part of Yugoslavia. Its current borders were fixed shortly after World War II when the socialist Yugoslavia established the Socialist Republic of Macedonia, controversially recognising the Macedonian Slavs as a separate nation. Renamed the Republic of Macedonia in 1991, it seceded peacefully from Yugoslavia without any further territorial changes.
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| National motto: .. | |||||
| Official languages | Macedonian, Albanian | ||||
| Capital | Skopje | ||||
| President | Branko Crvenkovski | ||||
| Prime Minister | Radmila SekerinskaRadmila Sekerinska is the acting prime minister of the Republic of Macedonia, as of 16 November 2004. Sekerinska was born on 10 June 1972 in Skopje and graduated in 1995 from the city's Faculty of Electrical Engineering. She became involved in the Open So (acting) | ||||
| AreaThis article explains the meaning of area as a Physical quantity. Article area (geometry) is more mathematical. Area is a quantity expressing the size of a region of space. Surface area refers to the summation of the areas of the exposed sides of an objec - Total - % water | Ranked 145thHere is a list of the countries of the world in order of size . Values are given using SI (metric) units. Dependencies are shown with the main country; the total area is also given, but the list is ordered according to the areas excluding dependencies. 25,713 km²To help compare orders of magnitude of different geographical regions, we list here areas between 10,000 km² and 100,000 km². See also areas of other orders of magnitude. Areas smaller than 10,000 km² 10,000 km² is equal to: 3,863 square miles 1,000,000 h 1.9% | ||||
| PopulationFor the use of the word population in statistics, see statistical population. In the most common sense of the word, a population is the collection of people—or organisms of a particular species—living in a given geographic area. Populations are studied in - Total (2003 est.) | Ranked 140thThis is a list of countries by population . The data are from the CIA World Factbook 2003 and although not always quite up to date, at least roughly accurate. In the main list dependent or occupied areas are listed under the country which governs the area 2.022.547 | ||||
| IndependenceAlternate uses: see Independence (disambiguation Independence for a country, organization or branch of government is the same as self-rule, as opposed to being ruled by someone else. Establishing such independence sometimes implies a violent break-out or | 8 September 1991 | ||||
| Currency | Macedonian Denar (MKD) | ||||
| Time zone - in summer | CET ( UTC+1) CEST ( UTC+2) | ||||
| National anthem | Today Over Macedonia | ||||
| Internet TLD | .mk | ||||
| Calling Code | 389 | ||||