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          AREA ................................................
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          25.333 
                kmq 
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            POPULATION ..................................
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          2.071.210 in. 
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            DENSITY .........................................
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          81,8 in/kmq 
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            CAPITAL ..........................................
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          Skopje 
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            LANGUAGES ....................................
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          Macedonian 66.5%, Albanian 25.1%, Turkish 3.5%, Roma 1.9%, Serbian 1.2%, other 1.8%
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            RELIGIONS ......................................
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          Macedonian Orthodox 64.7%, other Christian 0.37%, Muslim 33.3%, other and unspecified 1.63% (2002 census)
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            CURRENCY ......................................
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          Macedonian denar (MKD)
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           GDP per CAPITA .............................
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          6610 $ (2004)
          
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           HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX ..
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          0,556 (69th place)
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              LOWEST POINT ...............................
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          Vardar River 50 m
         
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            HIGHEST POINT ..............................
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          Golem Korab (Maja e Korabit) 2764 m
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             INDEPENDENCE ...............................
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          8 September 1991 (referendum by registered voters endorsing independence from Yugoslavia)
          
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             INSTITUTIONAL FORM ...................
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          Republic
          
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             WEB DOMAIN ..................................
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            .mk
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                  COUNTRY CODE ..............................
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          +389
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