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Before the expansion of Macedonia under Philip in the 4th century BC, the kingdom of the Macedonians covered an area corresponding roughly to the administrative regions of Western and Central Macedonia in modern Greece. [5] The name Macedonia was later applied to a number of widely-differing administrative areas in the Roman and Byzantine empires
Macedonia (/ ˌ m æ s ɪ ˈ d oʊ n i ə / ⓘ MASS-ih-DOH-nee-ə) is a geographical and historical region of the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe.Its boundaries have changed considerably over time; however, it came to be defined as the modern geographical region by the mid-19th century.
The northern part of the regional unit, bordering Bulgaria, is very mountainous. The main mountain ranges are Orvilos (Bulgarian: Славянка - Slavyanka) in the northwest, Falakro in the north (at 2232m the highest point of the regional unit), the western Rhodope Mountains in the northeast (including mounts Frakto, Elatia, Koula etc.) and Menoikio in the southwest.
English: Topographic map of Macedonia (Greece) Date: 9 February 2019: Source: This file was derived from: Macedonia topography-en.svg: Author:
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Katerini (Greek: Κατερίνη, Kateríni, pronounced) is a city and municipality in northern Greece, the capital city of Regional Unit of Piera in Central Macedonia, Greece. It lies on the Pierian plain, between Mount Olympus and the Thermaikos Gulf , at an altitude of 14 m.
The origins of the term seem to be rooted in the 1910s; most of its early appearances were in the writings of Bulgarian authors. [2] [3] [4] Since the mid-1940s the term has appeared on maps circulated first in Yugoslavia and especially after 1991 in the independent Republic of Macedonia where ethnic Macedonians have envisioned Greek Macedonia (referred to as "Aegean Macedonia") as part of a ...