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Capital Macedonia : |
Skopje .
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| Land Boudaries Border Country Macedonia :
| Albania 151 km, Bulgaria 148 km, Greece 246 km, Serbia and Montenegro 221 km .
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| Climate Macedonia :
| warm, dry summers and autumns and relatively cold winters with heavy snowfall .
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| Life expectancy Macedonia :
| 74.73 years .
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| Fertility rate Macedonia :
| 1.74 children born/woman (2004 est.) .
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| Government type Macedonia :
| parliamentary democracy .
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| Population Macedonia :
| 2,071,210 (July 2004 est.) .
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| Area Total Macedonia :
| 25,333 sq km .
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| Telephones Main Lines In Use Macedonia :
| 560,000 (2002) .
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| Telephones Mobile Cellular Macedonia :
| 365,300 (2002) .
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| International Country Code Macedonia :
| 389.
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| Sex ratio total Macedonia :
| 1 male(s)/female (2004 est.) .
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| Sex Macedonia ratio under 15 :
| 1.08 male(s)/female .
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| Sex Macedonia ratio 15 64 :
| 1.02 male(s)/female .
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| Sex Macedonia ratio 65 :
| 0.78 male(s)/female .
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| Current account balance Macedonia :
| $-278 million (2003) |
| HIV Macedonia :
| less than 0.1% (2001 est.) |
| Population below poverty line Macedonia :
| 30.2% (2002 est.) |
| Literacy Macedonia :
| NA |
| House hold income lowest than 10% Macedonia :
| NA |
| House hold income highest than 10% Macedonia :
| NA |
| Inflation Macedonia :
| 1.2% (2003 est.) |
| Unemployment Rate Macedonia :
| 36.7% (2003 est.) |
| Internet Users Macedonia :
| 100,000 (2002) |
| Location Macedonia :
| Southeastern Europe, north of Greece |
| Geographic Coordinates Macedonia :
| 41 50 N, 22 00 E |
| Religion Macedonia :
| Macedonian Orthodox 70%, Muslim 29%, other 1% |
| Administrative region Macedonia :
| 123 municipalities (opstini, singular - opstina); Aracinovo, Bac, Belcista, Berovo, Bistrica, Bitola, Blatec, Bogdanci, Bogomila, Bogovinje, Bosilovo, Brvenica, Cair (Skopje), Capari, Caska, Cegrane, Centar (Skopje), Centar Zupa, Cesinovo, Cucer-Sandevo, |
| Terrain Macedonia :
| mountainous territory covered with deep basins and valleys; three large lakes, each divided by a frontier line; country bisected by the Vardar River |
| Elevation extremes lowest Macedonia :
| Vardar River 50 m |
| Elevation extremes highest Macedonia :
| Golem Korab (Maja e Korabit) 2,753 m |
| Natural resources Macedonia :
| low-grade iron ore, copper, lead, zinc, chromite, manganese, nickel, tungsten, gold, silver, asbestos, gypsum, timber, arable land |
| Land use arable land Macedonia :
| 22,26% |
| Land use permanentcrops Macedonia :
| 1,81% |
| Irrigated land Macedonia :
| 550 sq km (1998 est.) |
| Natural hazards Macedonia :
| high seismic risks |
| Environment current issues Macedonia :
| air pollution from metallurgical plants |
| Geography note Macedonia :
| landlocked; major transportation corridor from Western and Central Europe to Aegean Sea and Southern Europe to Western Europe |
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