Macedonia (Greece)
Macedonia (; , "Makedonía" ) is a geographic and former administrative region of Greece, in the southern Balkans. Macedonia is the largest and Greek region, with a population of 2.38 million in 2017. The region is highly mountainous, with most major urban centres such as Thessaloniki and Kavala being concentrated on its southern coastline. Together with Thrace, and sometimes also Thessaly and Epirus, it is part of Northern Greece. It also contains Mount Athos, an autonomous monastic region of Greece.
Macedonians (ethnic group)
Macedonians represent the second largest ethnic minority population in [[Albania]]. Albania recognises the existence of a Macedonian minority within the [[Mala Prespa]] region, most of which is comprised by [[Liqenas Municipality]]. Macedonians have full minority rights within this region, including the right to education and the provision of other services in the [[Macedonian language]]. There also exist unrecognised Macedonian populations living in the [[Gollaborda|Golo Brdo]] region, the "Dolno Pole" area near the town of [[Peshkopi]], around [[Lake Ohrid]] and [[Korce]] as well as in [[Gora (region)|Gora]]. 4,697 people declared themselves ethnic Macedonians in the 1989 census.