 Situated
in the southeastern Europe, Macedonia is a nation in the
central Balkan Peninsula. It was previously known as
Yugoslavia but after it got its independence in the year
1991, it is now referred to as Macedonia.
The Republic
of Macedonia is a landlocked nation with Kosovo and
Serbia on its north, Albania on its west and Greece on
its south.
Skopje is the capital city of the country.
Macedonia has moderately cold winters and dry and hot
summers. Basically, there are three chief climatic zones
and they are mildly Continental, mountainous and
temperate Mediterranean.
Tourism plays an important role for the economy of the
country. Macedonia has plenty of natural and cultural
attractions that attract people from all over the world
to it.
About seven hundred thousand tourists visit
Macedonia every year. The income from tourism forms an
important part of the country’s revenue.
Most of the inhabitants of the country are followers of
the Macedonian Orthodox Church, about 2/3rd of the
population.
The remaining 1/3rd of the population
consists of Muslims. Macedonian is the official language
of the country and this language is spoken widely all
over the country. The language is a part of the South
Slavic language group.
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