North Macedonia

• mountainous territory covered with deep basins and valleys;
• three large lakes, each divided by a frontier line;
• country bisected by the Vardar River

total:

2.27

per capita:

1,118 cu m/yr (2000)

party to:

Air Pollution, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands

signed, but not ratified:

none of the selected agreements

noun:

Macedonian(s)

adjective:

Macedonian

at birth:

1.077 male(s)/female

under 15 years:

1.08 male(s)/female

15-64 years:

1.02 male(s)/female

65 years and over:

0.76 male(s)/female

total population:

1 male(s)/female (2011 est.)

conventional long form:

Republic of Macedonia

conventional short form:

Macedonia

local long form:

Republika Makedonija

local short form:

Makedonija

note: the provisional designation used by the UN, EU, and NATO is the "former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" (FYROM)

former:

People's Republic of Macedonia, Socialist Republic of Macedonia

name:

Skopje

geographic coordinates:

42 00 N, 21 26 E

time difference:

UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

daylight saving time:

+1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

chief of state:

President Gjorge IVANOV (since 12 May 2009)

head of government:

Prime Minister Nikola GRUEVSKI (since 26 August 2006)

cabinet:

• Council of Ministers elected by the majority vote of all the deputies in the Assembly;
• note - current cabinet formed by the government coalition parties VMRO-DPMNE, BDI/DUI, and several small parties

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elections:

• president elected by popular vote for a five-year term (eligible for a second term);
• two-round election: first round held on 22 March 2009, second round held on 5 April 2009 (next to be held in March 2014);
• prime minister elected by the Assembly following legislative elections;
• the leader of the majority party or majority coalition usually elected prime minister

election results:

Gjorge IVANOV elected president on second-round ballot; percent of vote - Gjorge IVANOV 63.1%, Ljubomir FRCKOSKI 36.9%

• Supreme Court;
• Constitutional Court;
• Judicial Council

note: the Judicial Council appoints the judges; Legislative Assembly appoints Constitutional Court Judges

• Albanian Democratic Resistance or PDK [Rufi OSMANI];
• Democratic Alliance or DS [Pavle TRAJANOV];
• Democratic Party of Serbs in Macedonia [Ivan STOILJKOVIC];
• Democratic Party of the Albanians or PDSh/DPA [Menduh THACI];
• Democratic Party of Turks in Macedonia [Kenan HASIPI];
• Democratic Union for Integration or BDI/DUI [Ali AHMETI];
• Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization--Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity (VMRO-DPMNE) [Nikola GRUEVSKI];
• Liberal Democratic Party or LDP [Risto PENOV];
• Liberal Party [Borce STOJANOVSKI];
• Movement for Reconstruction of Macedonia or DOM [Liljana POPOVSKA];
• New Alternative [Gjorgji OROVCANEC];
• New Democracy or DR [Imer SELMANI];
• New Social-Democratic Party or NSDP [Tito PETKOVSKI];
• Party for Democratic Action in Macedonia or SDAM [Avdija PEPIC];
• Party for European Future or PEI [Fijat CANOSKI];
• Social-Democratic Union of Macedonia or SDSM [Branko CRVENKOVSKI];
• Socialist Party or SP [Ljubisav IVANOV-DZINGO];
• Union of Roma of Macedonia [Amdi BAJRAM];
• United for Macedonia or OM [Ljube BOSKOVSKI];
• VMRO-Macedonian [Borislav STOJMENOV];
• VMRO-People's Party or VMRO-NP [Ljubco GEORGIEVSKI]

• Federation of Free Trade Unions [Rasko MISHKOSKI];
• Federation of Trade Unions [Zivko MITREVSKI];
• Trade Union of Education, Science and Culture [Yakim NEDELKOV]

chief of mission:

Ambassador Zoran JOLEVSKI

chancery:

2129 Wyoming Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008

telephone:

[1] (202) 667-0501

FAX:

[1] (202) 667-2131

consulate(s) general:

Southfield (Michigan), Chicago

chief of mission:

Ambassador Paul D. WOHLERS

embassy:

Str. Samolilova, Nr. 21, 1000 Skopje

mailing address:

American Embassy Skopje, US Department of State, 7120 Skopje Place, Washington, DC 20521-7120 (pouch)

telephone:

[389] 2 310-2000

FAX:

[389] 2 310-2499

• a yellow sun (the Sun of Liberty) with eight broadening rays extending to the edges of the red field;
• the red and yellow colors have long been associated with Macedonia

name:

"Denes Nad Makedonija" (Today Over Macedonia)

lyrics/music:

Vlado MALESKI/Todor SKALOVSKI

note: adopted 1991; the song, written in 1943, previously served as the anthem of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia while part of Yugoslavia

agriculture:

19.9%

industry:

22.1%

services:

58% (September 2010)

lowest 10%:

2.2%

highest 10%:

34.5% (2008)

general assessment:

competition from the mobile-cellular segment of the telecommunications market has led to a drop in fixed-line telephone subscriptions

domestic:

combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular telephone subscribership about 115 per 100 persons

international:

country code - 389 (2009)

• public television broadcaster operates 3 national channels and a satellite network;
• 5 privately-owned TV channels broadcast nationally using terrestrial transmitters and about 15 broadcast on national level via satellite;
• roughly 75 local commercial TV stations broadcasting;
• large number of cable operators offering domestic and international programming;
• public radio broadcaster operates over multiple stations;
• 3 privately-owned radio stations broadcast nationally;
• about 70 local commercial radio stations functioning (2010)

total:

699 km

country comparison to the world: 100

standard gauge:

699 km 1.435-m gauge (234 km electrified) (2010)

Army of the Republic of Macedonia (ARM):

• Joint Operational Command, with subordinate Air Wing (Makedonsko Voeno Vozduhoplovstvo, MVV);
• Special Operations Regiment;
• Logistic Support Command;
• Training Command (2010)

males age 16-49:

532,196

females age 16-49:

511,964 (2010 est.)

males age 16-49:

443,843

females age 16-49:

426,251 (2010 est.)

male:

16,144

female:

14,920 (2010 est.)

• Kosovo and Macedonia completed demarcation of their boundary in September 2008;
• Greece continues to reject the use of the name Macedonia or Republic of Macedonia

• major transshipment point for Southwest Asian heroin and hashish;
• minor transit point for South American cocaine destined for Europe;
• although not a financial center and most criminal activity is thought to be domestic, money laundering is a problem due to a mostly cash-based economy and weak enforcement