Skopje is the capital of North Macedonia.
Thessaloniki is a city just south of Macedonia and Albania.
The four hemispheres are the Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, Eastern Hemisphere, and Western Hemisphere. Each hemisphere is divided by the equator and the prime meridian.
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.
Macedonia covers an area of approximately 9,928 square miles.
Greece is positioned in both the northern and eastern hemispheres and located in the southeastern region of the European Continent on the northern Greek peninsula.
Macedonia is located next to the Black Sea and the Aegean Sea. The Republic of Macedonia is in the northern part of the area known as Macedonia. Macedonia is in Europe.
The (Former Yugoslav) Republic of Macedonia is a newly founded Slavic state on what was once the kingdoms of ancient Paeonia and Dardania and is unrelated to the historical Macedonia on the northern Greek peninsula.Located in the northern and eastern hemisphere of the European continent FYROM is a landlocked land, mountainous and covered with basins and valleys. Two major rivers are the Vardar and Treska.As part of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, FYROM was known as Vardar Banovina but was renamed, the Socialist Republic of Macedonia in 1946 as part of an agenda to wrest historical Macedonia from Greece and forge for Yugoslavia a pathway to the strategically located Aegean Sea.
Alexander the great began his conquest in Macedonia and he defeated the Persians
Yes, he was king of Macedonia.
The population of Macedonia - Greece - is 2,844,587.
Ancient Macedonia on the northern Greek peninsula is now a province named Macedonia of the Hellenic Republic.
In Greek, both Macedon and Macedonia are translated as Macedonia (Μακεδονία Makedonίa). But in English, Macedonia is usually referred to the historical province of Macedonia in north Greece and Macedon is always referred to as the ancient Greek kingdom.
Ancient Aegae (Modern Vergina) was the first capital of Macedonia. It was subsequently moved to Pella. Under Roman occupation, the capital was moved to Thessaloniki. When Macedonia was liberated in 1912 from the Ottoman occupation Thessaloniki was retained as the capital.
Macedonia was not an integral part of Bulgaria
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
West Macedonia's population is 303,857.