Macedonia

Republic of Macedonia

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Location	Southeastern Europe

Capital	Skopje

Legal system	based on civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

Land area	25,713 km2

Land boundaries	Total: 766 km border countries: Albania 151 km, Bulgaria 148 km, Greece 246 km, Kosovo 159 km, Serbia 62 km

Terrain	Mountainous territory covered with deep basins and valleys; three large lakes, each divided by a frontier line; country bisected by the Vardar River

Population	2,072,086 (July 2010 est.)

Official language	Macedonian (official) 66.5%, Albanian (official) 25.1%, Turkish 3.5%, Roma 1.9%, Serbian 1.2%, other 1.8% (2002 census)

Currency unit	Macedonian denars (MKD) per US dollar - 47.601 (2010), 44.1 (2009), 41.414 (2008), 44.732 (2007), 48.978 (2006)

Government type	Parliamentary democracy

GDP	$9,400 (2010 est.)

Ethnic groups	Macedonian 64.2%, Albanian 25.2%, Turkish 3.9%, Roma (Gypsy) 2.7%, Serb 1.8%, other 2.2% (2002 census)

Religions	Macedonian Orthodox 64.7%, Muslim 33.3%, other Christian 0.37%, other and unspecified 1.63% (2002 census)

Internet country code	.mk