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(i/ˌmæsᵻˈdoʊniə/ mas-i-doh-nee-ə; macedonian: mакедонија, tr. makedonija, IPA: [makɛˈdɔnija]), officially the republic of macedonia (macedonian: pепублика mакедонија (help·info), tr. republika makedonija),
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(“macedonia” is a country in the ‘balkan peninsula’ in ‘south-east europe’)
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(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 (abbreviated as FYROM), a term that is also used by ‘international organizations’ such as the ‘european union’, the ‘council of europe’, and ‘NATO’)
(a ‘landlocked country’, the ‘republic of macedonia’ is bordered by ‘kosovo’ to the northwest, ‘serbia’ to the north, ‘bulgaria’ to the east, ‘greece’ to the south, and ‘albania’ to the west.
(it constitutes approximately the ‘northwestern third’ of the larger geographical region of ‘macedonia’, which also comprises the neighboring parts of ‘northern greece’ and smaller portions of ‘southwestern bulgaria’ and ‘southeastern albania’)
(the country’s capital is ‘skopje’, with 506,926 inhabitants according to the ‘2002 census’)
(other cities include ‘bitola’, ‘kumanovo’, ‘prilep’, ‘tetovo’, ‘ohrid’, ‘veles’, ‘štip’, ‘kočani’, ‘gostivar’, ‘kavadarci’, and ‘strumica’)
(it has over 50 lakes)
(it has 16 mountains higher than ‘2,000 meters’ (or ‘6,562 feet))
(‘macedonia’ is a member of the ‘UN’ and of the ‘council of europe’)
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(since ‘2005’, it has also been a candidate for joining the ‘european union’ and has applied for ‘NATO’ membership)
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