Macedonia (region) facts for kids

Location of the region of Macedonia.

Macedonia (from Greek: Μακεδονία, Makedonίa) (Macedonian: Македонија, Makedonija) is a region in the southeastern Europe, in Balkans. In ancient times it was a Greek kingdom and its greatest leader was Alexander The Great. Today, its borders have changed and it has been separated in three countries: Greece with the region of Macedonia or Greek Macedonia, the country North Macedonia or Vardar Macedonia and Bulgaria with Macedonia of Pirin (Blagoevgrad province).

Disputes

Greece and North Macedonia have been arguing over the name Macedonia ever since the independence of the North Macedonia. The Republic of North Macedonia had to choose a temporary name in order to be recognized by the United Nations. The two countries have been discussing a solution for a new name that both find acceptable. Bulgaria has not taken part in the dispute but has some disagreements with North Macedonia. Even though Bulgaria was the first country to recognize Macedonia with its name, it doesn't support the Macedonian ethnicity and language, but claim it's all Bulgarian.

Countries

Macedonia, Greece

Macedonia (Greek: Μακεδονία - Makedonia) is a historical and geographical region in northern Greece. It is the second most populous region of Greece and usually it is referred as Northern Greece with Thrace. It is situated between the Pindus Mountains and river Nestos and it borders west with Epirus and Thessaly, northwestern with Albania, north with the Republic of North Macedonia, northeastern with Bulgaria and east with Thrace. Its south coasts are washed by the Aegean Sea.

Republic of North Macedonia

Republic of North Macedonia (Macedonian: Република Северна Македонија - Republika severna Makedonija) is an independent state on the Balkan peninsula in southeastern Europe. The country borders Serbia to the north, Albania to the west, Greece to the south, and Bulgaria to the east. The country's currency is the Denar of North Macedonia (MKD).

Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria

Blagoevgrad Province (Bulgarian: област Благоевград, oblast Blagoevgrad or Благоевградска област, Blagoevgradska oblast), also known as Pirin Macedonia (Bulgarian: Пиринска Македония, Pirinska Makedoniya), is a province (oblast) of southwestern Bulgaria. To the north and east it borders with four other Bulgarian provinces, to the south with Greece and the west with the Republic of Macedonia.

Images for kids

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  The kingdom of Macedon with its provinces

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  Borders of Macedonia, based on the Roman province, according to different authors (1843–1927)

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  Distribution of ethnic groups in Macedonia in 1892 (Deutsche Rundschau für Geographie und Statistik – German Bevieiofor Geography and Statistics)

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  Distribution of ethnic groups in the Balkan Peninsula and Asia Minor in 1910 (Historical Atlas by William R. Shepherd, New York)

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  Distribution of ethnic groups in the Balkan Peninsula and Asia Minor in 1918 (National Geographic)

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  Saint Gregory Palamas Cathedral in Thessaloniki

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  Monasteries of the Mount Athos in Macedonia (Greece)

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  Expansion of Macedon into a kingdom

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  Early Roman Macedonia (illustrated here encompassing Paeonia & south Illyria) and environs, from Droysens Historical Atlas, 1886

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  The late Roman Diocese of Macedonia, including the provinces of Macedonia Prima, Macedonia Secunda or Salutaris (periodically abolished), Thessalia, Epirus vetus, Epirus nova, Achaea, and Crete.

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  Contemporary Ottoman map or the Salonica Vilayet

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  Map of Part of Macedonia (Carte d'une partie de la Macedoine) by Piere Lapie (1826).

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  Evolution of the territory of Greece. The 'Macedonia' shown is the Greek province.

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

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  Ethnic composition of the Balkans according to Atlas Général Vidal-Lablanche, Paris 1890–1894. Henry Robert Wilkinson stated that this ethnic map, as most ethnic maps of that time, contained a pro-Bulgarian ethnographic view of Macedonia.

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  Boundaries on the Balkans after the First and the Second Balkan War (1912–1913)

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  Macedonia's division in 1913

See also

In Spanish: Macedonia (región) para niños