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The region of Western Macedonia is situated in north-western Greece, bordering with the regions of Central Macedonia (east), Thessaly (south), Epirus (west), and bounded to the north at the international borders of Greece with the Republic of North Macedonia (Bitola, Resen and Novaci municipalities) and Albania (Korçë County).
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.
Kastoria (Greek: Καστοριά, Kastoriá [kastoˈrʝa]) is a city in northern Greece in the region of Western Macedonia. It is the capital of Kastoria regional unit, in the geographic region of Macedonia. It is situated on a promontory on the western shore of Lake Orestiada, in a valley surrounded by limestone mountains.
Covering an area of 18,654 km 2 (7,202 sq mi) [1] Epirus and Western Macedonia is medium-sized by area. With an overall population of 620,545, [2] it is however one of the least populated of the seven decentralized administrations in Greece, second only to the Decentralized Administration of the Aegean.
With the unilaterally annexed territories, Bulgaria acquired 39,756.6 km 2 as follows: Western Outlands – 2,968 km 2, Macedonia – 23,807 km 2, Western Thrace – 12,363 km 2, the island of Thasos – 443 km 2 and the island of Samothrace – 184 km 2, and the total area of the state became 150,668.1 km 2. [1] [2] [3]
In Greek Macedonia, Kastoria province remained an area in the interwar period where Slavophones were a large part of the population. [5] A 1925 study by the Greek 10th Army Division of Western Macedonia recorded 1,866 refugee families were settled in 28 villages within the Kastoria region. [13]
It is part of the region of Western Macedonia, in the geographic region of Macedonia. Its capital is the city of Kozani. Geography
Krokos (Greek: Κρόκος) is a small Greek town, 5 km south of the city of Kozani located in the geographical region of Western Macedonia, in Greece. It was the seat of the municipality of Elimeia and it is famous globally for the production of high-quality saffron. Its population was 2,687 at the 2021 census. [1]