Macedonia (Greece) facts for kids

The Macedonian flag.

Macedonia's location.

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
	Total	West Macedonia	Kozani	9,451 km²	301,522
	1	Kastoria Prefecture	Kastoria	1,720 km²	53,483
	2	Florina Prefecture	Florina	1,924 km²	54,768
	3	Kozani Prefecture	Kozani	3,516 km²	155,324
	4	Grevena Prefecture	Grevena	2,291 km²	37,947
	Total	Central Macedonia	Thessaloniki	18,811 km²	1,871,952
	5	Pella Prefecture	Edessa	2,506 km²	145,797
	6	Imathia Prefecture	Veria	1,701 km²	143,618
	7	Pieria Prefecture	Katerini	1,516 km²	129,846
	8	Kilkis Prefecture	Kilkis	2,519 km²	89,056
	9	Thessaloniki Prefecture	Thessaloniki	3,683 km²	1,057,825
	10	Chalkidiki Prefecture	Polygyros	2,918 km²	104,894
	11	Serres Prefecture	Serres	3.968 km²	200,916
	Total	East Macedonia (Part of East Macedonia and Thrace)	Kavala	5,579 km²	249,029
	12	Drama Prefecture (Part of the Drama–Kavala–Xanthi super-prefecture)	Drama	3,468 km²	103,975
	13	Kavala Prefecture (Part of the Drama–Kavala–Xanthi super-prefecture)	Kavala	2,111 km²	145,054
	-	Mount Athos (Autonomous)	Karyes	336 km²	2,262
	Total	'Macedonia'	Thessaloniki	34,177 km²	2,424,765

And the population of the largest towns:

View of Mount Olympus from the village Litochoro.

Panorama of Kastoria with its lake.

Related pages

• Macedonia
• Republic of Macedonia

Images for kids

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  The expansion of the ancient Macedonian Kingdom up to the death of Phillip II

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  The Lion of Amphipolis; erected in 4th BC in honour of Laomedon of Mytilene, general of Alexander the Great

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  View of the Roman-era Arch of Galerius in Thessaloniki, capital of Roman Macedonia

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  View of the Byzantine fortress in the old town of Kavala.

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  The Frankish Platamon Castle.

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  Metrophanes Kritopoulos, theologian, monk and Patriarch of Alexandria who was born in Veria in 1589.

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  The 1st Battalion of the National Defence marches on its way to the Front, during WWI.

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  The port of Thessaloniki, the major economic and industrial centre

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  View of the Egnatia odos highway

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  A beach in Chalkidiki

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  Polyphytos artificial lake on the Haliacmon, the longest river in Greece

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  Saint Gregory Palamas Metropolitan Cathedral in Thessaloniki

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  Fanos, an old carnival custom of Kozani

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  Ethnic map of the Balkans in 1876, showing the mix of nationalities in Macedonia

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  Apogevmatini headline quoting Kostas Karamanlis: "I myself am a Macedonian, just as 2.5 million Greeks."

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  A man in Macedonomachos uniform

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  The Aromanian (Vlach) village of Nymfaio, example of traditional architecture

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  Jewish woman from Thessaloniki, gravour of late 19th century

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  The Jewish synagogue of Veria

See also

In Spanish: Macedonia (Grecia) para niños