OFFICIAL DATA

NAME: Republic of MACEDONIA (Republika Makedonija)

CAPITAL: Skopje

AREA: 25,713 sq. km. (9,928 sq. mi.)

LOCATION: Balkan Peninsula MAPS

POPULATION: 2.1 million

NATIONALITY: Macedonian (s)

FORM OF GOVERNMENT: Parliamentary Republic

HEAD OF STATE: President

HEAD OF GOVERNMENT: Prime Minister

NATIONAL ANTHEM: "Today above Macedonia"

FLAG: View the Macedonian

NATIONAL HOLIDAY: 2 August (Ilinden Uprising)

LANGUAGE: Macedonian

RELIGION: Christian Orthodox

CURRENCY: Denar (Den) = 100 deni

ABBREVIATION: MAK