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41 50 N, 22 00 E
Regional Information

Southeastern Europe, north of Greece

Capital City

Skopje
Regional Relationships

ethnic Albanians in Kosovo object to demarcation of the boundary with Serbia in accordance with the 2000 Macedonia-Serbia and Montenegro delimitation agreement; Greece continues to reject the use of the name Macedonia or Republic of Macedonia
Environmental: Goals/Challenges/Agreements

Challenges

Air pollution from metallurgical plants

International Agreements

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
Humanitarian Projects
Native Languages

Macedonian 66.5%, Albanian 25.1%, Turkish 3.5%, Roma 1.9%, Serbian 1.2%, other 1.8% (2002 census)
Climate

Warm, dry summers and autumns; relatively cold winters with heavy snowfall