Ethnic minorities
| Name: | Macedonia (Republic of Macedonia) |
| Local name (Macedonian): | Македониjа (Република Македониjа) |
| Bordering countries: | Serbia and Montenegro, Albania, Greece, Bulgaria |
| Status: | sovereign state |
| Surface: | 25.3 ths. sq. km |
| Population (2003): | 2 063 ths. |
| Capital: | Skopje (Скопје) |
| Official language: | Macedonian |