Pirin Macedonia (region)
It covers an area of about 6,798 km2 which is 10.18% of the geographical region Macedonia. One of the regional centers is Blagoevgrad, also known as Gorna Dzumaya, the old name of the city. The region is bordering with Kyustendil Province and Sofia Province on the north, Pazardzhik Province and Smolyan Province on the east, Greece on the south and Republic of Macedonia on the west. The population is estimated around 325.000 people.
Macedonia (terminology)
Republic of Macedonia is the constitutional name of the sovereign state which occupies the northern part of the geographical region of "Macedonia", which roughly coincides with the geographic subregion of Vardar Macedonia. "The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" (FYROM) is a term used for this state by the main international organisations, including United Nations,
European Union,
NATO,
IMF,
WTO,
IOC,
World Bank,
EBRD,
OSCE,
FIFA,
and FIBA.
The term was introduced in 1993 by the United Nations, following a naming dispute with Greece. Some countries use this term as a stop-gap measure, pending resolution of the naming dispute.