North Macedonia41.56° N, 21.56° E
No coast at all — every one of its 838 km of border is shared with another country.
coastline 0 km · 185th/229 · land borders 838 km · 126th/230
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The name derives from the ancient kingdom of Macedon, whose own name origin is unclear. It may derive from the mythological Macedon, son of the Greek god Zeus, or from the Greek word "makednos," meaning "tail," or the Illyrian word "maketia," meaning "cattle".
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North of Greece, the country lies in Southeastern Europe. Mountainous terrain has deep basins and valleys, and the Vardar River bisects the country. Three large lakes are each divided by a frontier line.
The country's natural resources include low-grade iron ore, copper, lead, zinc, chromite, manganese, nickel, tungsten, gold, silver, asbestos, gypsum, timber, and arable land. The landlocked country is a major transportation corridor from Western and Central Europe to Aegean Sea and Southern Europe to Western Europe. Golem Korab (Maja e Korabit) is the country's highest point. The Vardar River is the country's lowest point.
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Warm, dry summers and autumns give way to relatively cold winters with heavy snowfall.
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Macedonian, Albanian, Turkish, Romani, and Serb people live in North Macedonia, alongside others. Macedonian and Albanian are official languages, alongside Turkish, Romani, and other languages including Aromanian (Vlach) and Bosnian.
Orthodox, Islam, and Christian affiliations are present, alongside other affiliations including atheist, Catholic, other religions, not specified, and Protestant. People are fairly evenly distributed throughout most of the country, while urban areas attract larger and denser populations.
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A red field has a yellow sun, the Sun of Liberty, at its center, with eight broadening rays extending to the edges. The red and yellow colors have long been associated with Macedonia. The national symbol is an eight-rayed sun.
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