Macedonia, as described by the great Greek authors, was much larger and included parts of present-day Bulgaria and northern Greece. Its capital was Thessalonika - now Salonika - in the Greek region that is still called Macedonia. Ancient and modern Macedonia are two different geographic entities that should not be confused.

Geography
Area: 25,713 square kilometers
A Balkan country bisected north-south by the Vardar river General Information

Status
Republic, part of the former Yugoslavia Government: democracy; presidential multiparty system; includes a president of the republic, prime minister, and a national assembly made up of 120 seats

Capital: Skopje

Currency: denar

Languages spoken
Macedonian Population: Slavic Macedonians, Albanians, Serbs and Croats

Principal industries
iron, coal and copper mines; furniture, ceramic and textile-related industries

Agriculture
tobacco, wine grapes, wheat, barley, corn, sheep