People's Republic of Macedonia

Socialist Republic of Macedonia
Социјалистичка Република Македонија
Constituent republic of Yugoslavia
1944–1991
Flag Emblem
Anthem Денес над Македонија Denes nad Makedonija Today over Macedonia
Macedonia within Yugoslavia
Capital		Skopje
Languages		Macedonian
Government		Socialist republic
Historical era		Cold War
•	ASNOM	2 August 1944
•	End of World War II	8 May 1945
•	Breakup of Yugoslavia	1991
Area
•	1991	25,713 km² (9,928 sq mi)
Population
•	1991 est.	2,033,964
Density		79.1 /km²  (204.9 /sq mi)
Currency		Yugoslav dinar
Preceded by Succeeded by Kingdom of Bulgaria Albanian Kingdom (1943–44) Republic of Macedonia

The Socialist Republic of Macedonia (Macedonian: Социјалистичка Република Македонија, Socijalistička Republika Makedonija) was one of the six constituent countries of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and a socialist nation state of the Macedonians. After the transition of the political system to parliamentary democracy in 1990, the Republic changed its official name to Republic of Macedonia in 1991, and with the beginning of the breakup of Yugoslavia, it declared itself an independent country on September 8, 1991.

Geographically SR Macedonia bordered Albania to the west, Greece to the south and Bulgaria to the east. Within Yugoslavia it bordered Serbia (and SAP Kosovo) to the north.

The first Macedonian state was proclaimed under the name Democratic Federal Macedonia (Macedonian: Демократска Федерална Македонија, Demokratska Federalna Makedonija) at the First Plenary Session of the Anti-Fascist Assembly for the People's Liberation of Macedonia during the National Liberation War of Macedonia in World War II. It was set up on August 2, 1944 in the Bulgarian occupation zone in Yugoslavia. This date is now celebrated by ethnic Macedonians as the day they were first allowed to freely state their nationality. It was chosen intentionally, as it was the date of the Ilinden Uprising against the Ottoman rule in 1903.