Geography of North Macedonia

Overview of the geography of North Macedonia

thumb|right|250px|Location of Pelagonia thumb|right|250px|Pelagonia seen from Baba (North Macedonia)|Baba Mountain, Bitola. Pelagonia (; ) is a geographical region of Macedonia named after the ancient kingdom. Ancient Pelagonia roughly corresponded to the present-day municipalities of Bitola, Prilep, Mogila, Novaci, Kruševo, and Krivogaštani in North Macedonia and perhaps to small parts of the municipalities of Florina and Prespes in Greece.

archaeological site in Macedonia

thumb|right|250px|2009 topographic map of the Prespa region

thumb|right|Topography of North Macedonia thumb|right|Mariovo traditional man's clothes

Povardarie () is a geographic region in the central part of North Macedonia, and includes all of the canyons, mountains, and valleys through which the Vardar river flows.

archaeological site in Macedonia

archaeological site in North Macedonia

thumb|Monastery in Poreče Poreče, Porečie or Porečje, or Poreč (), is a region in North Macedonia which includes the Makedonski Brod Municipality, and the western part of the Prilep Municipality.

thumb|Map of Gollobordë and Dibër. thumb|Historical location of Slavic groups that inhabited Albania in the early 20th century. Gollobordë (; ; ) refers to a geographical area of traditionally 24 villages of which 18 are situated primarily in eastern Albania, with a small portion consisting of six villages lying within North Macedonia. This region is located within the Dibër and Elbasan counties which contain both Macedonian and Albanian villages.

region in Macedonia

Slavište, also known as the Kriva Palanka Plain, is a historical region around Kriva Palanka, in the northeastern part of North Macedonia, once by the medieval fortified town of Slavište, also known as Gradište, west of the modern town. The name Slavište is first mentioned in 1321, in the Gračanica charter of Serbian king Stefan Milutin (r. 1282–1321), though it is believed to be older. During the Serbian Empire (1345–1371), the Slavište župa (county) consisted of the surrounding of modern-day Kriva Palanka which was the hereditary land of the Paskačić noble family. It was to the east of the Ž

thumb|Debarca region. Debarca or Drembica () is a historical region in western North Macedonia, north of Ohrid and south-west of Kičevo. Its territory is now divided between Debarca Municipality and Kičevo Municipality.

geographic and ethnographic sub-region of the broader Reka region of western Republic of North Macedonia

protected area in Macedonia

right|thumb|Rock formations in the Shegava River Canyon of the Kyustendil Kraishte in Bulgaria right|thumb|Besna Kobila in Serbia is the highest mountain in Kraishte

The Kežovica mineral spa () is situated near the southern Štip suburb of Novo Selo in North Macedonia, just after the canyon that the river Bregalnica forms when exiting the city. The water temperature is at the source and is slightly radioactive, which is used for medicinal purposes. There is a thermal bath built in the vicinity of the main spring, as well as a hospital unit, specializing in physiotherapy performed in pools filled with water from the mineral springs.

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