Macedonia (Greece)

Macedonia is a historical and geographical region in northern Greece. It is the second most populous region of Greece and usually it is referred as Northern Greece along with Thrace. It is situated between the Pindus Mountains and river Nestos and it borders west with Epirus and Thessaly, northwestern with Albania, north with North Macedonia, northeastern with Bulgaria and east with Thrace. Its south coasts are washed by the Aegean Sea. Macedonia is separated in three smaller peripheries: West Macedonia, Central Macedonia and East Macedonia and Thrace. It has a total population of 2,424,765 inhabitants according to the 2001 census and its total area is 34,177 km². The capital of Macedonia is Thessaloniki and has a population of about 1,000,000 inhabitants. Macedonia's national anthem is Μακεδονία Ξακουστή which means Famous Macedonia.

Geography
Macedonia has many mountains and the tallest is Mount Olympus which has a high of 2,917 meters. There are also many valleys that are some of the biggest in the whole Greece. Rivers such as Aliakmon, Axios, Nestos, and Strymonas cross these valleys and drain into the Aegean Sea.

Prefectures and population
Macedonia consists 13 prefectures and sometimes it is said to be 14 because there is also a monastery region, Mount Athos, which is autonomous.

 Map of Macedonia  Number  Periphery  Capital  Area  Population </tr> 300px Total  West Macedonia  Kozani 9,451 km²301,522 1  Kastoria Prefecture  Kastoria 1,720 km²53,483 2  Florina Prefecture  Florina 1,924 km²54,7683  Kozani Prefecture  Kozani 3,516 km²155,324 4  Grevena Prefecture  Grevena 2,291 km²37,947 Total  Central Macedonia  Thessaloniki 18,811 km²1,871,952 5  Pella Prefecture  Edessa 2,506 km²145,797 6  Imathia Prefecture  Veria 1,701 km²143,618 7  Pieria Prefecture  Katerini 1,516 km²129,846 8  Kilkis Prefecture  Kilkis 2,519 km²89,056 9  Thessaloniki Prefecture  Thessaloniki 3,683 km²1,057,825 10  Chalkidiki Prefecture  Polygyros 2,918 km²104,894 11  Serres Prefecture  Serres 3.968 km²200,916 Total  East Macedonia   Kavala 5,579 km²249,029 12  Drama Prefecture  Drama 3,468 km²103,975 13  Kavala Prefecture  Kavala 2,111 km²145,054 -  Mount Athos (Autonomous)  Karyes 336 km²2,262 Total  'Macedonia'  Thessaloniki  34,177 km²  

And the population of the largest towns:
 Towns/Cities Greek Name Population 01. Thessaloniki (municipality)  Δήμος Θεσσαλονίκης  363,987 02. Kavala  Καβάλα  63,293 03. Katerini  Κατερίνη  56,434 04. Serres  Σέρρες  56,145 05. Drama  Δράμα  55,632 06. Kozani  Κοζάνη  47,451 07. Veria  Βέροια  47,411 08. Ptolemaida  Πτολεμαΐδα  35,539 09. Giannitsa  Γιαννιτσά  26,296 10. Kilkis  Κιλκίς   24,812 11. Naousa  Νάουσα   22,288 12. Aridaia  Αριδαία  20,213 13. Alexandreia  Αλεξάνδρεια  19,283 14. Edessa  Έδεσσα  18,253 15. Nea Moudania  Νέα Μουδανιά  17,032 16. Florina  Φλώρινα  16,771 17. Kastoria  Καστοριά  16,218 18. Grevena  Γρεβενά  15,481 19. Polygyros  Πολύγυρος  10,721 20. Skydra  Σκύδρα  5,081

Related pages
 Macedonia
 Republic of Macedonia

 References 

Other websites
Macedonia, The Historical Profile of Northern Greece 
Macedonia and Thrace region site  
 Region of Central Macedonia 
 Region of Western Macedonia 
 Region of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace 

Category:Subdivisions of Greece