Macedonia, officially the Republic of Macedonia, has a mere population of approximately 2 million people. Macedonia's capital and largest city, Skopje, contains half of a million of those people. The second largest city of Macedonia, Bitola, has 74,500 people. Macedonia has an area of 9,928 square miles. Macedonia's lowest location lies within the Vardar River, still staying above sea level at 50 meters high. This location differs greatly from the highest location, Mount Korab, standing at 2,764 meters. This mountain happens to be not only the tallest peak in Macedonia, but also the tallest peak in Albania. Major physical features include Lake Ohrid, and Lake Prespa. Other significant land features contain the Dinaric Alps, the Šar Mountains, the Osogovske Mountains, the Nidže Mountains, and the Maleševeske Mountains. This affects the country based on the fact that this causes some of the soil to be non irrigated, causing difficulties with farming. Macedonia has a birth rate of 11.72/1000 population. Its death rate compares as barely lower, at 9.00/1000 population. The annual growth rate of Macedonia happens to be 0.22%. The people of Macedonia have a nice long life expectancy of seventy-five years. Almost all of these people can read, with a literacy rate of 96.1 percent. This cause's Macedonia's population to seem to be evening out on a population pyramid, predicting less population by 2053. In Macedonia, the major ethnicity group, Macedonian, stands at 68.5% of Macedonia's population. The two other ethnic groups in which are over 5% of the population are Albanian (17.1%), and Turkish (7.3%) Although 50% of Macedonia's populations contains other or unspecified religons, Orthodox, happens to be most dominant religion, stand... ... middle of paper ... ...hat this may bring a potentional conflict along ethnic lines among school children. A major enviromental issue has been the opening of warming stations due to the extremely cold weather. The warming stations were opened on January 6th, 2014 due to the temperature of 2°F with wind childs that had the temperature value dropping to -40°F with winds blowing 20 to 25 mph. Works Cited The Economist. The Economist Newspaper, n.d. Web. 08 Jan. 2014. Hart, Diane. Geography Alive! Regions and People. Palo Alto, CA: Teachers' Curriculum Institute, 2006. Print. "Macedonia - Population - Historical Data Graphs per Year." Macedonia - Unemployment. N.p., n.d. Web. 7 Jan. 2014. "Macedonia" Macedonia Facts: Learn Macedonia Facts. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Jan. 2014. Sager, Robert J., and David M. Helgren. Holt World Geography Today. Austin: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 2003. Print.
As well as having different language, these people had different religions which include: 70% Christian Orthodox; 9% Roman Catholic; 11% Muslim; 4% Jewish. Virtually, the whole population of Russia was situated in the fertile land in the southwest. This meant that population density was very high and cities and towns were overcrowded. However, Russia’s low industrial output was not the only problem for the peasants and factory workers.
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According to the trading economics website the last official census in Greece was taken in 2012, which found a population of 10.8 million. It is said that the country’s population density has 82 people per square kilometer which ranks 120th in the world. The capital of Greece is Athens, it is also the largest city having an urban population of 3 million along with a metro population of 3.75 million. Statistics shows Athens the most densely populated region of Greece with 19,000 people per square mile in the city proper. Beside Athens there are other major cities, these cities and their population are as followed Thessaloniki (788,000), Patras (214,000), and Heraklion (174,000).
These results are taken from estimations made in 2013. The size of Vienna is approximately 160.1 mi². Many foreigners make up a great amount of the population. As it now stands, Vienna is currently the seventh greatest populated city.
Under Ottoman rule Yugoslavia was a multi-religious country. People coexisted with each other for centuries living peacefully with one another and were able to carry out regular life. The three major religions recognized in Yugoslavia were Islamic, Serbian Orthodox, and Roman Catholic. There were three main republics in Yugoslavia; Slovenia, Croatia, and Bosnia-Herzegovina. The three different republics in the region of Yugoslavia is what allowed for such ethnic diversity. Each religion was specific to one area of religious practice but all people could practice any one the religions in any location. The diversity and the freedom to practice religion played a large role in the start of the war. With diversity among people it gave opportunity, it allowed for new development and gave possibility for the power structure to shift into the hands of another ethnicity. With the fall of Yugoslavia in 1992 the three republics became recognized as states by the European Union in 1992. Slovenia and Croatia in January and Bosnia-Herzegovina in April. This was the beginning of the start to the Bosnian
These tensions, only highlighted by the war, are an unfortunate but large part of Bosnian culture as a whole. The three main ethnic groups of Bosnia are Bosniaks, Serbs, and Croats, with 48.4%, 32.7%, and 14.6% populations respectively (CIA World Factbook). Their intense nationalistic attitudes and vastly different religious heritages cause animosities between the groups that go back beyond the times of nations. Bosniaks are generally Muslim while Croats are Roman Catholic and Serbs are Christian
It’s a warm summer day in Macedonia you’re family is all packed on the couch to watch the national team play. There is 1 minute left and the ball is whipped into the penalty box, and the Macedonian legend Aleksandar Trajkovski scores you’re whole family then starts screaming. Well that’s what you would do if you lived in Macedonia. Macedonia is one of the newest countries in the world but it has still been a very ancient civilization. It is located in the Southeast of Europe and its capital city is Skopje. Macedonia has unique qualities such as its geography, history, culture, economy, and its current events.
The Republic of Macedonia, a small country located in the heart of the Balkan Peninsula, declared its independence from Yugoslavia on 8th September 1991. The Republic of Macedonia now shares its borders with five neighboring countries (alphabetically as follows): Albania (Western Neighbor), Bulgaria (Eastern Neighbor), Greece (Southern Neighbor), Kosovo and Serbia (Northern Neighbors). The population of Macedonia is approximately two million people, out of which 64% are native Macedonians, and the other minority and/or ethnic groups include: 25% Albanians, 4% Turks, 3% Romani, 2% Serbs and 2% other population. The capital city of Macedonia is Skopje and the official language that is spoken in the Republic of Macedonia is the Macedonian language
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Historical tensions have drastically changed Bulgaria’s national borders several times since its first century of existence. Since 1944, Bulgaria has been defined by its natural terrain as borders of the country. In 1991 the country’s borders were disputed. Bulgarians claimed that they should have received a larger portion of Macedonia because of the ethnic connections between the Macedonians and the Bulgarians. However, Yugoslavia and Greece, did not agree to this claim and the borders stayed as they were.
Knox, P. L. & Marston, S. A. Places and Regions in Global Context: Human Geography. Upper Saddle River , NJ : Pearson Education, Inc., 2003.
Knox, P., Marston, S., Imort, M., & Nash, A. (2010). Human Geography: Places and Regions in Global Context (4th ed.). Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, USA: Pearson Education.
Since the 19th century, the world has experienced the birth of a phenomenon called nationalism. Nationalism can be defined as “loyalty and devotion to a nation; especially a sense of national consciousness exalting one nation above all other and placing primary emphasis on promotion of its culture and interest as opposed to those of other nations” (Merriam Webster). Nationalism states that a nation, defined by common cultural, ethnic, or historical elements, is inclined to establish an “independent political community based on shared history and common destiny” (Mastin, 2008). Shared history and common destinies are the collective fate of a nation, a belief in which nationalism is deeply rooted. During the 18th century, European and Asian states were composed of multiethnic empires and dynasties. These monarchies were very diverse ethnically, historically, and linguistically, leading to a weak national identity for those under their rule. As organized, more modern sub-states of a larger empire began to identify their collective fate along with their cultural, political, and ethnic unity, nationalism arose giving way to the creation of nation states. Both the American and French Revolution were a direct result of nationalism. In the 19th century, nationalism was a particularly strong force as it typically was the key element for the independence and national unification of many nations in Europe and North America. (The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed, 2012) Since the 19th century, nationalism and a strong national identity remain some of the most powerful political forces as seen in its postulation of World War I and II as well as the conflict currently unfolding in Ukraine. Where there is not unified identity, a governm...
Nationalism is an ideology based on the basis that an individual's devotion and loyalty to the nation-state surpass other individual or group interests:nation is the central entity which is a sense of identity and belongingness for the citizen.They always place their nation first before any other individual,group or country.When people attached to their nations deeply,they would sense emotions toward their nations-usually very intense or excessive.Nations are bodies that seek to be strong and pursue power by any means.Nationalism assumes that every nation has enemies that are intent on weaken such nation.It can be offensive to other nationalities when they want to explain how their nation is the best.
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