North Macedonia[c] (Macedonia until February 2019), officially the
Republic of North Macedonia,[d] is a country in Southeast Europe. It
gained independence in 1991 as one of the successor states of
Yugoslavia. North Macedonia is a landlocked country bordering with
Kosovo[e] to the northwest, Serbia to the north, Bulgaria to the east,
Greece to the south, and Albania to the west. It constitutes
approximately the northern third of the larger geographical region of
Macedonia. Skopje, the capital and largest city, is home to a quarter
of the country's 2.06 million population. The majority of the
residents are ethnic Macedonians, a South Slavic people. Albanians
form a significant minority at around 25%, followed by Turks, Romani,
Serbs, Bosniaks, and Aromanians.The history of the region begins with
the kingdom of Paeonia, a mixed Thraco-Illyrian polity. In the late
sixth century BC, the area was subjugated by the Persian Achaemenid
Empire, then incorporated into the kingdom of Macedonia in the fourth
century BC. The Romans conquered the region in the second century BC
and made it part of the larger province of Macedonia. The area
remained part of the Byzantine Empire, but was often raided and
settled by Slavic tribes beginning in the sixth century of the
Christian era. Following centuries of contention between the
Bulgarian, Byzantine, and Serbian Empire, it was part of the Ottoman
dominion from the mid-14th until the early 20th century, when,
following the Balkan Wars of 1912 and 1913, the modern territory of
North Macedonia came under Serbian rule.
Republic of North Macedonia,[d] is a country in Southeast Europe. It
gained independence in 1991 as one of the successor states of
Yugoslavia. North Macedonia is a landlocked country bordering with
Kosovo[e] to the northwest, Serbia to the north, Bulgaria to the east,
Greece to the south, and Albania to the west. It constitutes
approximately the northern third of the larger geographical region of
Macedonia. Skopje, the capital and largest city, is home to a quarter
of the country's 2.06 million population. The majority of the
residents are ethnic Macedonians, a South Slavic people. Albanians
form a significant minority at around 25%, followed by Turks, Romani,
Serbs, Bosniaks, and Aromanians.The history of the region begins with
the kingdom of Paeonia, a mixed Thraco-Illyrian polity. In the late
sixth century BC, the area was subjugated by the Persian Achaemenid
Empire, then incorporated into the kingdom of Macedonia in the fourth
century BC. The Romans conquered the region in the second century BC
and made it part of the larger province of Macedonia. The area
remained part of the Byzantine Empire, but was often raided and
settled by Slavic tribes beginning in the sixth century of the
Christian era. Following centuries of contention between the
Bulgarian, Byzantine, and Serbian Empire, it was part of the Ottoman
dominion from the mid-14th until the early 20th century, when,
following the Balkan Wars of 1912 and 1913, the modern territory of
North Macedonia came under Serbian rule.
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