Skopje is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Macedonia.
The city of Skopje is the largest in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
Skopje is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Macedonia.
Skopje is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Macedonia.
The largest river in the FYRoM is the Vardar River at 241 miles / 388 km
The capital of historical Macedonia on the northern Greek peninsula is Thessaloniki. In ancient times it was first Aigae (modern Vergina) and then Pella. The newly founded state of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia has Skopje an ancient city of Dardania as its capital.
Skojpe is the principal city and Capital of The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia or, more officially, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. It is the largest city in the country, with an official population of 668,518 and accounts for approximately a third of the total population. Skopje is the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia's cultural and economic center. It has an incredibly ancient history with signs of habitation dating back to around 4000BC. It was founded as a city in the ancient kingdom of Dardania and has at times been part of the Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman empires. It is located on the upper courses of the Vardar River. More recently, the city has had to redevelop since an earthquake in 1963 destroyed around 80% of the city.
The capital Macedonia, the ancient kingdom, was first Aegae (Vergina), and then Pella, both on the northern Greek peninsula.The capital of Macedonia, the modern province is Thessaloniki on the northern Greek peninsula.The capital of the unrelated Balkan nation in the southern Balkans, (The Former Yugoslav) Republic of Macedonia is Skopje.
Skopje is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Macedonia, a country in southeast Europe.
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The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia's capital and largest city is Skopje, with a population of 668 500. This is approximately one quarter of the country's population. The language is a south slavic dialect related to Bulgarian (called by the people "Macedonian" though it has no relation to the Greek dialect spoken by the ancient Macedonians), spoken by almost 3 million people in the world. Significant populations of FYRoMacedonians outside of southeastern Europe are in Australia, Germany, the United States, Italy and Canada. 65% of FYRoMacedonia's population are south slavs, 25% are Albanian and 5% are Turkish. FYRoMacedonia gained independence from Yugoslavia on September 8, 1991. The currency is the denar (MKD), one US Dollar being worth 42.58 denars as of April 2011. The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia is landlocked and bordered by (in clockwise order) Kosovo, Serbia, Bulgaria, Greece and Albania.
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