Portal:North Macedonia

Welcome! Добредојдовте! Orthodox Church of St. John at Kaneo, Ohrid, North Macedonia The North Macedonia Portal North Macedonia (/ˌmæsɪˈdoʊniə/ MASS-ih-DOH-nee-ə), officially the Republic of North Macedonia, is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe. It shares land borders with Greece to the south, Albania to the west, Bulgaria to the east, Kosovo to the northwest and Serbia to the north. It constitutes approximately the northern third of the larger geographical region of Macedonia. Skopje, the capital and largest city, is home to a quarter of the country's 1.83 million people. The majority of the residents are ethnic Macedonians, a South Slavic people. Albanians form a significant minority at around 25%, followed by Turks, Roma, Serbs, Bosniaks, Aromanians and a few other minorities. The region's history begins with the kingdom of Paeonia. In the late sixth century BC, the area was subjugated by the Persian Achaemenid Empire, then incorporated into the Kingdom of Macedonia in the fourth century BC. The Roman Republic conquered the region in the second century BC and made it part of its larger province of Macedonia. The area remained part of the Byzantine Empire, but was often raided and settled by Slavic tribes beginning in the sixth century of the Christian era. Following centuries of contention between the Bulgarian, Byzantine, and Serbian Empires, it was part of the Ottoman Empire from the mid-14th until the early 20th century, when, following the Balkan Wars of 1912 and 1913, the modern territory of North Macedonia came under Serbian rule. (Full article...) Selected article - Map of the Macedonian diaspora in the world Macedonians (Macedonian: Македонци, romanized: Makedonci) are a nation and a South Slavic ethnic group native to the region of Macedonia in Southeast Europe. They speak Macedonian, a South Slavic language. The large majority of Macedonians identify as Eastern Orthodox Christians, who share a cultural and historical "Orthodox Byzantine–Slavic heritage" with their neighbours. About two-thirds of all ethnic Macedonians live in North Macedonia and there are also communities in a number of other countries. The concept of a Macedonian ethnicity, distinct from their Orthodox Balkan neighbours, is seen to be a comparatively newly emergent one. The earliest manifestations of an incipient Macedonian identity emerged during the second half of the 19th century among limited circles of Slavic-speaking intellectuals, predominantly outside the region of Macedonia. They arose after the First World War and especially during 1930s, and thus were consolidated by Communist Yugoslavia's governmental policy after the Second World War. The formation of the ethnic Macedonians as a separate community has been shaped by population displacement as well as by language shift, both the result of the political developments in the region of Macedonia during the 20th century. Following the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire, the decisive point in the ethnogenesis of the South Slavic ethnic group was the creation of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia after World War II, a state in the framework of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. This was followed by the development of a separate Macedonian language and national literature, and the foundation of a distinct Macedonian Orthodox Church and national historiography. (Full article...) List of selected articles World War II in Yugoslav Macedonia Macedonian language North Macedonia under the Ottoman Empire Macedonian nationalism Socialist Republic of Macedonia Battle of Dobro Pole Skopje Religion in North Macedonia Bitola Ohrid Kumanovo Tetovo Nikola Martinoski Stobi Kiro Gligorov Gjorge Ivanov Stevo Pendarovski 2019 North Macedonian presidential election Lake Ohrid Kokino Baba (North Macedonia) Politics of North Macedonia Lake Prespa 2001 insurgency in Macedonia North Macedonia national football team Kriva Palanka Kratovo, North Macedonia Galičnik Toše Proeski Krste Misirkov Subcategories Airlines Buildings and structures Cities Culture Ethnic groups Geography History Languages Macedonians Newspapers Politics Sport More in: North Macedonia and Macedonians Did you know... ... that the capital city of Skopje (see also other names of Skopje) is the hometown of the great humanitarian and Nobel Prize winner, Mother Teresa ... that the Megalithic Observatory, Kokino is more than 3800 years old and it is placed on NASA's list of important ancient observatories [1] ... that the smallest ethno museum in the world is located only 5 km on the northwest of Tetovo, in the picturesque village of Džepčište and as such is listed in the Guinness Book of Records ... about the Stone town, situated by the Kuklica village in the Kratovo area. According to the sources, the stone figures that are called Dolls by the local population, date from the ancient prehistory... Selected image - Saint Panteleimon Church, Plaošnik, Ohrid Map of North Macedonia Map of urban and rural municipalities of Macedonia WikiProjects You are invited to participate in WikiProject North Macedonia, a WikiProject dedicated to developing and improving articles about North Macedonia. Topics North Macedonia through videos A day in Macedonia A day in Macedonia 2 The land of colours Macedonia Timeless Macedonia Timeless 2 Macedonia Timeless - Food Macedonia Timeless - Temples Macedonia Timeless - Ohrid city of light Other Photos of Interest Medieval Orthodox monastery of Saint Naum, on lake Ohrid Carev Vrv, Osogovo Mountain The historical center of the city of Bitola Dojran Lake Mount Zlatovrv, north of Prilep Skopje Aqueduct Heraclea Lyncestis, ancient city near Bitola: the Byzantine "Small Basilica" "The Lamentation of Christ" (1164), a fresco from the church of Saint Panteleimon in Nerezi near Skopje Baba Mountain Lake Kozjak in winter The monastery of Saint Nicholas in Šiševo Skopje Fortress Related portals Associated Wikimedia The following Wikimedia Foundation sister projects provide more on this subject: Commons Free media repository Wikibooks Free textbooks and manuals Wikidata Free knowledge base Wikinews Free-content news Wikiquote Collection of quotations Wikisource Free-content library Wikiversity Free learning tools Wikivoyage Free travel guide Wiktionary Dictionary and thesaurus Discover Wikipedia using portals List of all portals The arts portal Biography portal Current events portal Geography portal History portal Mathematics portal Science portal Society portal Technology portal Random portal WikiProject Portals