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.
Administrative divisions of the Republic of Macedonia
As the Socialist Republic of Macedonia, a constituent country of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Macedonia was first divided into regions in 1945. Later, the regions were abolished, and Macedonia was divided into municipalities. Before its independence, Macedonia was divided into 34 municipalities.