Северна Македонија е држава со парламентарна демократија. Се наоѓа во Југоисточна Европа, во центарот на Балканскиот Полуостров. Главен град е Скопје. Република Северна Македонија е само дел од етничка Македонија, и опфаќа околу 38% од нејзината територија. Република Северна Македонија на исток граничи со Бугарија, на север со Србија и Косово, на запад со Албанија, и на југ со Грција. Должината на границите е вкупно 766 km, и тоа со: Албанија 151 km; Бугарија 148 km; Грција 246 km; Србија 221 km.
The Republic of North Macedonia is a landlocked country on the Balkan peninsula in southeastern Europe. It is bordered by ► Serbia and ► Kosovo to the north, ► Albania to the west, ► Greece to the south, and ► Bulgaria to the east. The capital is Skopje, with 500,000 inhabitants, and there are a number of smaller cities, notably Bitola, Prilep, Tetovo, Kumanovo, Ohrid, Veles, Štip, Kočani, Gostivar and Strumica. It has more than 50 natural and artificial lakes and sixteen mountains higher than 2,000 meters (6,550 ft) above sea level.
This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day North Macedonia, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day North Macedonia.
Maps of the history of the Republic of North Macedonia
Roman Empire divided 395, showing the dioceses and praetorian prefectures of Gaul, Italy, Illyricum and Oriens (east), roughly analogous to the four Tetrarch zones of influence after Diocletian's reforms.
The division of the Empire after the death of Theodosius I, ca.395 AD superimposed on modern borders.
The origin and dispersion of the Slavs in the 5-10th centuries
Slavs, 6th-7th century
Ethnic map of the territory of present-day Republic of North Macedonia, 6th-8th century (according to the historical atlas for schools, published in Belgrade in 1970, representing a view of Yugoslav historians from that time)
Kuber in Macedonia, 7th century
Slavs, 7th-8th century
Presence of South Slavic tribes in the Balkans, c. 700
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The "Sklavinias" in the Balkans, 7th - 8th century
South Slavic tribes in 814
South Slavic tribes in 814
Devol province, 9th-10th century
Empire of tsar Samuil (997-1014), with capital in Ohrid
The Spread of Slavs in the Balkan Peninsula (1869)
Ethnic map of the Southwestern Balkan Peninsula (1890)
The ethnicities of the Balkan Peninsula in 1897
The ethnicities of the Balkan Peninsula in the late 19th century
Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising in 1903
Ottoman provinces in 1905
Ottoman province of Kosovo with capital in Skopje in 1905
Ottoman province of Kosovo with capital in Skopje, 1881-1912
Map of the region contested by Serbia and Bulgaria and subject to the arbitration of the Russian Tsar
First Balkan War in 1912
Serbia after Balkan wars in 1913
Serbia after Balkan wars in 1913
Territory of present-day Republic of North Macedonia within the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes in 1919
Western Outlands in 1919
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After World War I, territory of present-day Republic of North Macedonia was included into the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes in 1918, which was renamed into Yugoslavia in 1929. This is a map of provinces of Yugoslavia in 1930, showing Vardar Banovina with capital in Skopje
Vardar Banovina within the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in 1929
Vardar Banovina within the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in 1929
Vardar Banovina within the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in 1929
Vardar Banovina within the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in 1929
Vardar Banovina within the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in 1929
Occupation and division of Vardar Macedonia between Bulgaria and Albania in WW2
Occupation and division of Macedonia between Bulgaria and Albania in WW2
Occupation and division of Macedonia between Bulgaria and Albania in WW2 (1941)
Occupation and division of Macedonia between Bulgaria and Albania in WW2 (1941)
Occupation and division of Macedonia between Bulgaria and Albania in WW2 (1943)
Occupation and division of Macedonia between Bulgaria and Albania in WW2
Occupation and division of Macedonia between Bulgaria and Albania in WW2
Occupation and division of Macedonia between Bulgaria and Albania in WW2
February campaign of the Liberation army of Macedonia in 1944
Division of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia with Socialist Republic of Macedonia
Division of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia with Socialist Republic of Macedonia (number 6)
Division of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia with Socialist Republic of Macedonia
Division of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia with Socialist Republic of Macedonia
Division of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia with Socialist Republic of Macedonia
Division of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia with Socialist Republic of Macedonia
Division of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia with Socialist Republic of Macedonia
Division of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia with Socialist Republic of Macedonia
An animated series of maps showing the breakup of the second Yugoslavia
Wartime in former Yugoslavia, 1992
Wartime in former Yugoslavia, 1992
Map of the Republic of North Macedonia in the colors of the former flag (1992-1995)
Kosovo refugees in Macedonia in 1999
2001 insurgency in Macedonia
Former Yugoslavia compared with the present borders (as of 2006)
Former Yugoslavia compared with the present borders (as of 2007)
Maps of the history of the wider geographical region of Macedonia
Not to be confused with the modern Republic of North Macedonia
Definitions of the name Macedonia through the history
Definitions of the name Macedonia through the history
Macedonia in 400 AD
Borders of Region of Macedonia according to different authors (1843-1927)
Ethnographic Map of the Balkans by G. Lejean (ca. 1861)
Ethnographic map of Macedonia in 1892
Bulgarian Ethnographic map of the modern Macedonia region, 19th century
Serbian Ethnographic map of the modern Macedonia region, 19th century
Ethnographic map of Macedonia in 1900
Division of Macedonia region between the Balkan states, 1913
Old maps
The wider geographical Macedonia region, 1885
Ethnic and linguistic maps
Serb settlements (and enclaves) of Rumelia, 18th century
Ethnic map, 1981
Ethnic map, 1991
Ethnic map, 1991
Ethnic map, 2002
Albanians in Macedonia, 2002
Roma people in Macedonia, 2002
Roma people in Macedonia, 2002
Macedonian language
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Macedonian language
Dialects of Macedonian language
Torlakian dialects
Shopluk ethnolinguistic region
Vlach language in Macedonia
Other maps
Railway map
Regional maps
Ohrid and Prespa lakes topographic map
Prespa lakes region
Prespa valley
Satellite maps
Satellite image of North Macedonia in December 2002
Notes and references
General remarks:
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