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:

1.03 cu km/yr (21%/67%/12%)

per capita:

502 cu m/yr (2007)

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:

1.08 male(s)/female

0-14 years:

1.08 male(s)/female

15-24 years:

1.06 male(s)/female

25-54 years:

1.03 male(s)/female

55-64 years:

0.94 male(s)/female

65 years and over:

0.75 male(s)/female

total population:

0.99 male(s)/female (2013 est.)

total number:

16,782

percentage:

6 % (2005 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

• several previous;
• latest adopted 17 November 1991, effective 20 November 1991;
• amended several times, last in 2011 (2011)

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, 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%

highest court(s):

Supreme Court (consist of NA judges); Constitutional Court (consists of 9 judges)

judge selection and term of office:

• Supreme Court judges nominated by the Judicial Council, a 7-member body of legal professionals, and appointed by the Assembly;
• judge tenure NA;
• Constitutional Court judges appointed by the legislature for nonrenewable, 9-year terms

subordinate courts:

Courts of Appeal; Basic Courts

• Albanian Democratic Union or BDSh [Bardhyl MAHMUTI]
• Democratic League of Bosniaks in Macedonia [Rafet MUMINOVIC]
• Democratic Party of Serbs in Macedonia or DPSM [Ivan STOILJKOVIC]
• Democratic Party of the Albanians or PDSh [Menduh THACI]
• Democratic Party of Turks of Macedonia or DPTM [Kenan HASIPI]
• Democratic Renewal of Macedonia or DOM [Liljana POPOVSKA]
• Democratic Union or DS [Pavle TRAJANOV]
• Democratic Union for Integration or BDI [Ali AHMETI]
• Dosoinstvo (Diginity) [Stojance ANGELOV]
• Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization - Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity or VMRO-DPMNE [Nikola GRUEVSKI]
• Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization - People's Party or VMRO-NP [Ljubco GEORGIEVSKI]
• Liberal Democratic Party or LDP [Andrej ZENOVSKI]
• Liberal Party of Macedonia or LP [Ivon VELICKOVSKI]
• Movement for Turkish National Union [Erdogan SARAC]
• National Democratic Revival or RDK [Rufi OSMANI]
• New Democracy or ND [Imer SELMANI]
• New Social-Democratic Party or NSDP [Tito PETKOVSKI]
• Party for Democratic Action of Macedonia or SDA [Avdija PEPIC]
• Party for the Total Emancipation of Roma or PCER [Samka IBRAIMOVSKI]
• Party of United Democrats of Macedonia or PODEM [Zivko JANKULOVSKI]
• Party on European Future or PEI [Fijat CANOSKI]
• Serbian Progressive Party in Macedonia or SPSM [Dragisha MILETIC]
• Social Democratic Union of Macedonia or SDSM [Branko CRVENKOVSKI]
• Socialist Party of Macedonia or SP [Ljubisav IVNAOV DZINGO]
• Union of Roma of Macedonia or SR [Amdi BAJRAM]
• United for Macedonia or OM [Ljube BOSKOSKI]

• Federation of Free Trade Unions [Mirjana ANDREVSKA]
• Federation of Trade Unions [Zivko MITREVSKI]
• Trade Union of Education, Science and Culture [Jakim NEDELKOV]

chief of mission:

Ambassador Zoran JOLEVSKI (since 22 March 2007)

chancery:

2129 Wyoming Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008

telephone:

[1] (202) 667-0501

FAX:

[1] (202) 667-2131

consulate(s) general:

Chicago, New York, Southfield (MI)

chief of mission:

Ambassador Paul D. WOHLERS (since 11 August 2011)

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

agriculture:

16.7%

industry:

26%

services:

57.3% (September 2012)

lowest 10%:

2.2%

highest 10%:

34.5% (2009 est.)

• food, beverages, tobacco;
• textiles, miscellaneous manufactures, iron, steel;
• automotive parts

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 130 per 100 persons

international:

country code - 389 (2012)

• public TV 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;
• 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 (2012)

total:

699 km

country comparison to the world: 100

standard gauge:

699 km 1.435-m gauge (234 km electrified) (2012)

total:

14,038 km (includes 259 km of expressways)

country comparison to the world: 124

paved:

9,489 km

unpaved:

4,549 km (2012)

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