ABSTRACT
POPULATION: (98e) 2,118,000: 1,400,000 Macedonians in Macedonia, and another 150,000 in adjacent areas of Yugoslavia and Albania. “GREATER MACEDONIA” (98e) 4,563,000. Greater Macedonia is the region claimed by militant Macedonian nationalists, who project ethnic Macedonian populations of over 1 million in northern Greece and half a million in southwestern Bulgaria. MAJOR NATIONAL GROUPS: (98e) Macedonian 66.1%, Albanian 22.4%, Turk 4%, Rom (Gypsy) 2.2%, Serb 2.1%, Muslim 1.5%, Greek 1%, Bulgarian, Vlach, Croat, Jew. MAJOR LANGUAGES: Macedonian, Albanian, Serbian, Turkish. MAJOR RELIGIONS: Orthodox 67%, Sunni Islam 30%, Roman Catholic, Jewish. MAJOR CITIES: (98e) MACEDONIA (Vardar Macedonia): Skopje 553,000 (620,000), Bitola (Bitolj) 81,000 (138,000), Prilep 75,000, Kumanovo 68,000, Veles 52,000, Tetovo 44,000, Okhrida (Ohrid) 41,000, Strumica 36,000, Gostivar 35,000, Kavadarci 28,000; GREECE (Aegean Macedonia): Solun (Thessaloniki) 720,000 (1,040,000), Kabala (Kavalla) 67,000, Serra (Serrai) 55,000, Drama 40,000, Berea (Veroia) 40,000, Kastur (Kastoria) 31,000, Lerin (Fiorina) 26,000, Vodena (Edessa) 22,000; BULGARIA (Pirin Macedonia): Dyumala (Blagoevgrad) 88,000, Pirin (Petrich) 36,000, Goce Delchev (Gotse Delchev) 23,000, Sveti Vrach (Sandanski) 22,000.
