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.
Pelagonia Statistical Region
Pelagonia statistical region is divided into 9 municipalities:The population of the Pelagonia Statistical Region is 238,136 citizens, or 11.8% of the population of the Republic of Macedonia, according to the census of 2002.