Macedonia (country)

Republic of Macedonia Република Македонија  (Macedonian) Republika Makedonija
Flag Coat of arms
Motto:  Слобода или смрт (Macedonian) "Sloboda ili smrt"  (transliteration) "Freedom or Death"
Anthem:  Денес над Македонија Denes nad Makedonija Today over Macedonia
Location of  Republic of Macedonia  (green) in Europe  (dark grey)  –  [Legend]
Capital and largest city	Skopje 42°0′N 21°26′E / 42.000°N 21.433°E / 42.000; 21.433
Official languages	Macedonian
Regional languages	Albanian Turkish Romani Serbian
Ethnic groups (2002)	64.2% Macedonians 25.2% Albanians 3.9% Turks 2.7% Romani 1.8% Serbs 2.2% other / unspecified
Demonym	Macedonian
Government	Parliamentary republic
• President	Gjorge Ivanov
• Prime Minister	Emil Dimitriev (interim)
Legislature	Sobranie
Independence from Yugoslavia
• Declared	8 September 1991
• Officially recognized by the United Nations	8 April 1993
Area
• Total	25,713 km2 (9,928 sq mi) (148th)
• Water (%)	1.9
Population
• 2014 estimate	2,069,162 (146th)
• 2002 census	2,022,547
• Density	80.1/km2 (207.5/sq mi) (122nd)
GDP (PPP)	2016 estimate
• Total	$30.377 billion
• Per capita	$14,631
GDP (nominal)	2016 estimate
• Total	$10.424 billion
• Per capita	$5,021
Gini (2011)	39.2 medium
HDI (2014)	0.747 high · 81st
Currency	Macedonian denar (MKD)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Date format	dd/mm/yyyy (AD)
Drives on the	right
Calling code	+389
Patron saint	Saint Clement of Ohrid
ISO 3166 code	MK
Internet TLD	.mk .мкд

in Europe  (dark grey)  –  [Legend]

Macedonia (ⁱ/ˌmæsᵻˈdoʊniə/ mas-i-DOH-nee-ə; Macedonian: Македонија, tr. Makedonija, IPA: [makɛˈdɔnija]), officially the Republic of Macedonia (Macedonian:  Република Македонија , tr. Republika Makedonija), is a country in the Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991. It became a member of the United Nations in 1993, but, as a result of an ongoing dispute with Greece over the use of the name "Macedonia", was admitted under the provisional description the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (sometimes unofficially abbreviated as FYROM and FYR Macedonia), a term that is also used by international organizations such as the European Union, the Council of Europe and NATO.