![]() The name Macedonia was later applied to a number of widely-differing administrative areas in the Roman and Byzantine empires. 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. Greek Macedonia incorporates most of the territories of ancient Macedon, a kingdom ruled by the Argeads, whose most celebrated members were Alexander the Great and his father Philip II. Additionally, it forms part of Greece's borders with three countries: Bulgaria to the northeast, North Macedonia to the north, and Albania to the northwest. Greek Macedonia encompasses entirely the southern part of the wider region of Macedonia, making up 51% of the total area of that region. Together with Thrace, and sometimes also Thessaly and Epirus, it is part of Northern Greece. It is highly mountainous, with most major urban centres such as Thessaloniki and Kavala being concentrated on its southern coastline. Macedonia is the largest and second-most-populous Greek geographic region, with a population of 2.36 million in 2020. Macedonia ( / ˌ m æ s ɪ ˈ d oʊ n i ə/ ( listen) Greek: Μακεδονία, romanized: Makedonía ( listen)) is a geographic and former administrative region of Greece, in the southern Balkans. Eastern Macedonia is part of the region of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace.The flag, Vergina Sun, and regional anthem are unofficial but their use is widespread. ![]()
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