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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%BA%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A9" title="مقدونيا الغربية – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="مقدونيا الغربية" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q%C9%99rbi_Makedoniya" title="Qərbi Makedoniya – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Qərbi Makedoniya" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%DB%8C_%D9%85%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%87" title="باتی مقدونیه – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="باتی مقدونیه" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sai_Macedonia_T%C5%8Da-khu" title="Sai Macedonia Tōa-khu – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Sai Macedonia Tōa-khu" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BD%D1%8F%D1%8F_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%8F" title="Заходняя Македонія – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Заходняя Македонія" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BD%D1%8F%D1%8F_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%8F" title="Заходняя Македонія – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Заходняя Македонія" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Западна Македония – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Западна Македония" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maced%C3%B2nia_Occidental" title="Macedònia Occidental – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Macedònia Occidental" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Macedonia" title="West Macedonia – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="West Macedonia" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z%C3%A1padn%C3%AD_Makedonie" title="Západní Makedonie – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Západní Makedonie" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestmakedonien" title="Vestmakedonien – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Vestmakedonien" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westmakedonien" title="Westmakedonien – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Westmakedonien" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A4%C3%A4ne-Makedoonia_piirkond" title="Lääne-Makedoonia piirkond – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Lääne-Makedoonia piirkond" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%B9%CF%86%CE%AD%CF%81%CE%B5%CE%B9%CE%B1_%CE%94%CF%85%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE%CF%82_%CE%9C%CE%B1%CE%BA%CE%B5%CE%B4%CE%BF%CE%BD%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82" title="Περιφέρεια Δυτικής Μακεδονίας – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Περιφέρεια Δυτικής Μακεδονίας" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periferia_de_Macedonia_Occidental" title="Periferia de Macedonia Occidental – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Periferia de Macedonia Occidental" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okcidenta_Makedonio" title="Okcidenta Makedonio – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Okcidenta Makedonio" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mendebaldeko_Mazedonia" title="Mendebaldeko Mazedonia – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Mendebaldeko Mazedonia" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%87_%D8%BA%D8%B1%D8%A8%DB%8C" title="مقدونیه غربی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="مقدونیه غربی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac%C3%A9doine-Occidentale" title="Macédoine-Occidentale – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Macédoine-Occidentale" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macedonia_Occidental" title="Macedonia Occidental – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Macedonia Occidental" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%84%9C%EB%A7%88%EC%BC%80%EB%8F%84%EB%8B%88%EC%95%84%EC%A3%BC" title="서마케도니아주 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="서마케도니아주" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periferija_Zapadna_Makedonija" title="Periferija Zapadna Makedonija – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Periferija Zapadna Makedonija" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makedonia_Barat" title="Makedonia Barat – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Makedonia Barat" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macedonia_Occidentale" title="Macedonia Occidentale – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Macedonia Occidentale" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%91_%D7%9E%D7%A7%D7%93%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%94" title="מערב מקדוניה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="מערב מקדוניה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makedonia_Kulon" title="Makedonia Kulon – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Makedonia Kulon" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%93%E1%83%90%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%95%E1%83%9A%E1%83%94%E1%83%97%E1%83%98_%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%99%E1%83%94%E1%83%93%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98%E1%83%90" title="დასავლეთი მაკედონია – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="დასავლეთი მაკედონია" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makedonyaya_Rojava_(par%C3%AAzgeh)" title="Makedonyaya Rojava (parêzgeh) – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Makedonyaya Rojava (parêzgeh)" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macedonia_Occidentalis_(regio_Graeciae)" title="Macedonia Occidentalis (regio Graeciae) – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Macedonia Occidentalis (regio Graeciae)" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rietumma%C4%B7edonijas_perif%C4%93rija" title="Rietummaķedonijas perifērija – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Rietummaķedonijas perifērija" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vakar%C5%B3_Makedonijos_periferija" title="Vakarų Makedonijos periferija – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Vakarų Makedonijos periferija" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wes-Macedoni%C3%AB" title="Wes-Macedonië – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="Wes-Macedonië" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maced%C3%B2nia_Ucidental" title="Macedònia Ucidental – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Macedònia Ucidental" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyugat-Maked%C3%B3nia" title="Nyugat-Makedónia – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Nyugat-Makedónia" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0_(%D0%93%D1%80%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0)" title="Западна Македонија (Грција) – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Западна Македонија (Грција)" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%91%E1%83%9F%E1%83%90%E1%83%93%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98_%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%99%E1%83%94%E1%83%93%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98%E1%83%90" title="ბჟადალი მაკედონია – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="ბჟადალი მაკედონია" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" 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.infobox-above{font-size:125%;line-height:1.3em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Western Macedonia</div> <div class="nickname ib-settlement-native" lang="gr"><span title="Greek-language text"><span lang="el">Δυτική Μακεδονία</span></span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/Administrative_regions_of_Greece" class="mw-redirect" title="Administrative regions of Greece">Administrative region</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Periferia_Dytikis_Makedonias.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Location of Western Macedonia"><img alt="Location of Western Macedonia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Periferia_Dytikis_Makedonias.png/250px-Periferia_Dytikis_Makedonias.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="212" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Periferia_Dytikis_Makedonias.png/375px-Periferia_Dytikis_Makedonias.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Periferia_Dytikis_Makedonias.png/500px-Periferia_Dytikis_Makedonias.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="679" /></a></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Western_Macedonia&params=40.4_N_21.5_E_type:city(254595)_region:GR"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">40°24′N</span> <span class="longitude">21°30′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">40.4°N 21.5°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">40.4; 21.5</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/35px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/45px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greece</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Region</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Greek_Macedonia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greek_Macedonia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Greek_Macedonia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Greek_Macedonia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Greek_Macedonia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Greek_Macedonia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Macedonia_(Greece)" title="Macedonia (Greece)">Macedonia</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Decentralized Administration</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Decentralized_Administration_of_Epirus_and_Western_Macedonia" title="Decentralized Administration of Epirus and Western Macedonia">Epirus and Western Macedonia</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Capital</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kozani" title="Kozani">Kozani</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Regional_units_of_Greece" title="Regional units of Greece">Regional units</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>List</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Florina_(regional_unit)" title="Florina (regional unit)">Florina</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Grevena_(regional_unit)" title="Grevena (regional unit)">Grevena</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Kastoria_(regional_unit)" title="Kastoria (regional unit)">Kastoria</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Kozani_(regional_unit)" title="Kozani (regional unit)">Kozani</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Regional governor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Giorgos_Amanatidis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Giorgos Amanatidis (page does not exist)">Giorgos Amanatidis</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%93%CE%B9%CF%8E%CF%81%CE%B3%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%91%CE%BC%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%AF%CE%B4%CE%B7%CF%82_(%CF%80%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%B9%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%8C%CF%82)" class="extiw" title="el:Γιώργος Αμανατίδης (πολιτικός)">el</a>]</span> (<span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/New_Democracy_(Greece)" title="New Democracy (Greece)">New Democracy</a></span>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">9,451 km<sup>2</sup> (3,649 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2021)<sup id="cite_ref-2021census_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2021census-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">254,595</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">27/km<sup>2</sup> (70/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Demonym" title="Demonym">Demonym</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Macedonians_(Greeks)" title="Macedonians (Greeks)">Macedonian</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">GDP<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Total</th><td class="infobox-data">€3.702 billion (2021)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B2" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+2">UTC+2</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_European_Time" title="Eastern European Time">EET</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B3" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+3">UTC+3</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_European_Summer_Time" title="Eastern European Summer Time">EEST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166" title="ISO 3166">ISO 3166 code</a></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">GR-C</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Human_Development_Index" title="Human Development Index">HDI</a> (2022)</th><td class="infobox-data">0.913<sup id="cite_ref-GlobalDataLab_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GlobalDataLab-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239334494">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output table:not(.notheme) .tmp-color{color:inherit!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output table:not(.notheme) .tmp-color{color:inherit!important}}</style><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#090">very high</span> · <a href="/wiki/List_of_Greek_regions_by_Human_Development_Index" title="List of Greek regions by Human Development Index">2nd of 13</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pdm.gov.gr/">www<wbr />.pdm<wbr />.gov<wbr />.gr</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Western Macedonia</b> (<a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a>: <span lang="el">Δυτική Μακεδονία</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Greek" title="Romanization of Greek">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Greek-language romanization"><i lang="el-Latn">Ditikí Makedonía</i></span>, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">Greek pronunciation:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="el-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Greek" title="Help:IPA/Greek">[ðitiˈki<span class="wrap"> </span>makeðoˈnia]</a></span>) is one of the thirteen <a href="/wiki/Regions_of_Greece" title="Regions of Greece">administrative regions</a> of <a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greece</a>, consisting of the western part of <a href="/wiki/Macedonia_(Greece)" title="Macedonia (Greece)">Macedonia</a>. Located in north-western <a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greece</a>, it is divided into the <a href="/wiki/Regional_units_of_Greece" title="Regional units of Greece">regional units</a> of <a href="/wiki/Florina_(regional_unit)" title="Florina (regional unit)">Florina</a>, <a href="/wiki/Grevena_(regional_unit)" title="Grevena (regional unit)">Grevena</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kastoria_(regional_unit)" title="Kastoria (regional unit)">Kastoria</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Kozani_(regional_unit)" title="Kozani (regional unit)">Kozani</a>. With a population of approximately 255,000 people, as of 2021, the region had one of the highest unemployment rates in the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Western_Macedonia&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The region of Western Macedonia is situated in north-western Greece, bordering with the regions of <a href="/wiki/Central_Macedonia" title="Central Macedonia">Central Macedonia</a> (east), <a href="/wiki/Thessaly" title="Thessaly">Thessaly</a> (south), <a href="/wiki/Epirus_(region)" title="Epirus (region)">Epirus</a> (west), and bounded to the north at the international borders of Greece with the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_North_Macedonia" class="mw-redirect" title="Republic of North Macedonia">Republic of North Macedonia</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bitola_Municipality" title="Bitola Municipality">Bitola</a>, <a href="/wiki/Resen_Municipality" title="Resen Municipality">Resen</a> and <a href="/wiki/Novaci_Municipality" title="Novaci Municipality">Novaci</a> municipalities) and <a href="/wiki/Albania" title="Albania">Albania</a> (<a href="/wiki/Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB_County" title="Korçë County">Korçë County</a>). </p><p>Although it covers a total surface of 9,451 km<sup>2</sup> (3,649 sq mi) (7.2% of country's total), it has a total population of 283,689 inhabitants (2.6% of the country's total), thus it is a low-density populated region (30 per km<sup>2</sup>, as compared to the country's 81.96 per km<sup>2</sup> average). This is mainly due to the mountainous nature of the region, as 82% of the total surface are mountainous and semi-mountainous areas. This is also reflected in the population distribution, as a majority of the population (56%) lives in rural areas. The capital of the region is <a href="/wiki/Kozani" title="Kozani">Kozani</a> with 53,880 inhabitants. Other main towns are <a href="/wiki/Ptolemaida" title="Ptolemaida">Ptolemaida</a> (37,289), <a href="/wiki/Grevena" title="Grevena">Grevena</a> (17,610), <a href="/wiki/Florina" title="Florina">Florina</a> (19,985) and <a href="/wiki/Kastoria" title="Kastoria">Kastoria</a> (16,958). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Western_Macedonia&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:West_Macedonia.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/cc/West_Macedonia.jpg/220px-West_Macedonia.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="226" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/cc/West_Macedonia.jpg/330px-West_Macedonia.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/cc/West_Macedonia.jpg/440px-West_Macedonia.jpg 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="493" /></a><figcaption>Map of Western Macedonia region</figcaption></figure> <p>The region has one operational Industrial Area in Florina and another one under construction in Kozani. The secondary sector is very important for the Regional economy, mainly due to the mining activities, the production of electric power (70% of country's total power is produced in the Region) and the fur-leather sector. However, "soft" structures have not followed the general improvement of heavy infrastructures, a situation that has to be remedied, in order to achieve an overall higher economic development of the Region. The R&D services are at a rather low level: only 3,5% of the country's total research foundations are situated in the Region. Among them, the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Western_Macedonia" title="University of Western Macedonia">University of Western Macedonia</a> plays an important role in supporting the regional research and educational efforts. However, an enhanced interaction with SME's will be a crucial factor, in order to improve the productivity and the added value of products and services generated in the Region of Western Macedonia. Some of its more famous products are <a href="/wiki/Marbles" class="mw-redirect" title="Marbles">marbles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saffron" title="Saffron">Saffron</a> (<a href="/wiki/Krokos" title="Krokos">krokos</a> Kozanis), fruits, <a href="/wiki/Florina_pepper" title="Florina pepper">Florina peppers</a>, local wines (<a href="/wiki/Kozani" title="Kozani">Kozani</a>, <a href="/wiki/Amyntaio" title="Amyntaio">Amyntaio</a>), <a href="/wiki/Fur_industry_in_Kastoria" title="Fur industry in Kastoria">furs</a> (<a href="/wiki/Kastoria" title="Kastoria">Kastoria</a>, <a href="/wiki/Siatista" title="Siatista">Siatista</a>) and specialized arts and crafts industry. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/A2_motorway_(Greece)" title="A2 motorway (Greece)">A2 motorway</a> (Egnatia Odos, Trans–European Network) that crosses the region, along with its two vertical National Roads, form a network that dramatically improves the transport conditions in the Region and alter its traditional "isolation" image, mainly due to its mountainous landscape. On the other hand, the railroad network is insufficient and the two airports (Kozani and Kastoria) can only serve small passenger planes. The telecommunication network has dramatically improved over the last decade, providing the regional population with adequate services and modern facilities. </p><p>The last years the region is being developed in <a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_Greece" title="Tourism in Greece">tourism</a> mainly on winter. It is the only Greek region without sea coast, but there are a lot of lakes, mountains, villages and two big ski centers in Florina (<a href="/wiki/Vigla_(ski_resort)" class="mw-redirect" title="Vigla (ski resort)">Vigla</a>) and Grevena (<a href="/wiki/Vasilitsa" title="Vasilitsa">Vasilitsa</a>) and one other under construction in Kozani (<a href="/wiki/Velventos" title="Velventos">Velvendos</a>).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The administrative building of Western Macedonia region is located in Zone of Alternate Urban Planning (ZEP) in the city of Kozani. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Gross_domestic_product" title="Gross domestic product">Gross domestic product</a> (GDP) of the province was 4.0 billion € in 2018, accounting for 2.1% of Greek economic output. GDP per capita adjusted for purchasing power was 17,700 € or 59% of the EU27 average in the same year. The GDP per employee was 79% of the EU average.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The unemployment rate stood at 19.7% in 2021, one of the highest regional unemployment rates in the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>2006 </th> <th>2007 </th> <th>2008 </th> <th>2009 </th> <th>2010 </th> <th>2011 </th> <th>2012 </th> <th>2013 </th> <th>2014 </th> <th>2015 </th> <th>2016 </th> <th>2017 </th> <th>2018 </th> <th>2019 </th> <th>2020 </th> <th>2021 </th></tr> <tr> <td><b>unemployment rate</b><br />(in %) </td> <td>14.2% </td> <td>12.1% </td> <td>12.5% </td> <td>12.4% </td> <td>15.4% </td> <td>23.1% </td> <td>29.7% </td> <td>31.6% </td> <td>27.6% </td> <td>30.7% </td> <td>31.3% </td> <td>29.1% </td> <td>27.0% </td> <td>22.62% </td> <td>20.5% </td> <td>19.7% </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Administration">Administration</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Western_Macedonia&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Administration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:West_Macedonia_Municipalities_Numbered.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/West_Macedonia_Municipalities_Numbered.svg/250px-West_Macedonia_Municipalities_Numbered.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="253" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/West_Macedonia_Municipalities_Numbered.svg/375px-West_Macedonia_Municipalities_Numbered.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/West_Macedonia_Municipalities_Numbered.svg/500px-West_Macedonia_Municipalities_Numbered.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="615" data-file-height="623" /></a><figcaption>The administrative division of the Western Macedonia region in municipalities. In shades of yellow, the former <a href="/wiki/Kastoria_Prefecture" class="mw-redirect" title="Kastoria Prefecture">Kastoria Prefecture</a>, in red, the <a href="/wiki/Grevena_Prefecture" class="mw-redirect" title="Grevena Prefecture">Grevena Prefecture</a>, in blue, the <a href="/wiki/Kozani_Prefecture" class="mw-redirect" title="Kozani Prefecture">Kozani Prefecture</a>, and in green, the <a href="/wiki/Florina_Prefecture" class="mw-redirect" title="Florina Prefecture">Florina Prefecture</a></figcaption></figure> <p>As one of thirteen <a href="/wiki/Administrative_regions_of_Greece" class="mw-redirect" title="Administrative regions of Greece">administrative regions</a>, the <b>Western Macedonia Region</b> (<a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a>: <span lang="el">Περιφέρεια Δυτικής Μακεδονίας</span>, <i>Periféria Dytikís Makedonías</i>) was established in 1987, comprising the <a href="/wiki/Prefectures_of_Greece" title="Prefectures of Greece">prefectures</a> of <a href="/wiki/Kastoria_Prefecture" class="mw-redirect" title="Kastoria Prefecture">Kastoria</a>, <a href="/wiki/Grevena_Prefecture" class="mw-redirect" title="Grevena Prefecture">Grevena</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kozani_Prefecture" class="mw-redirect" title="Kozani Prefecture">Kozani</a> and <a href="/wiki/Florina_Prefecture" class="mw-redirect" title="Florina Prefecture">Florina</a>. In the absence of a working budget the administrative regions however remained unable to fulfill even their limited responsibilities, until in 1994 they assumed the prefectures' competences in regard to <a href="/wiki/Tax_collection" class="mw-redirect" title="Tax collection">tax collection</a>, <a href="/wiki/Structural_Funds_and_Cohesion_Fund" class="mw-redirect" title="Structural Funds and Cohesion Fund">European structural funding</a> and <a href="/wiki/Treasury" title="Treasury">treasury</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Resulting from the 2010 <a href="/wiki/Kallikratis_Programme" title="Kallikratis Programme">Kallikratis Programme</a>, prefectures were abolished and instead, the regions became <a href="/wiki/Self-governing" class="mw-redirect" title="Self-governing">self-governing</a> bodies in their own right with powers and authority being redefined and largely extended. Starting with the <a href="/wiki/Greek_local_elections,_2010" class="mw-redirect" title="Greek local elections, 2010">2010 local elections</a>, both the regional governor and the regional council have been popularly elected.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From <a href="/wiki/Greek_local_elections,_2010" class="mw-redirect" title="Greek local elections, 2010">2014</a> on, the elections are held together with the <a href="/wiki/Elections_to_the_European_Parliament" title="Elections to the European Parliament">European Parliament elections</a> for a five-year period. </p><p>The region is based at Kozani and is divided into four <a href="/wiki/Regional_units_of_Greece" title="Regional units of Greece">regional units</a> (the pre-Kallikratis <a href="/wiki/Prefectures_of_Greece" title="Prefectures of Greece">prefectures</a>). It comprises 12 <a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_Greece" class="mw-redirect" title="Municipalities of Greece">municipalities</a> (down from 61 pre-Kallikratis local administrative units). Along with the neighboring <a href="/wiki/Epirus_(region)" title="Epirus (region)">Epirus</a> region it is supervised by the <a href="/wiki/Ioannina" title="Ioannina">Ioannina</a>-based <a href="/wiki/Decentralized_Administration_of_Epirus_and_Western_Macedonia" title="Decentralized Administration of Epirus and Western Macedonia">Decentralized Administration of Epirus and Western Macedonia</a>. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left; font-size:95%"> <caption>Municipalities of Western Macedonia<sup id="cite_ref-census11_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census11-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th width="40"> </th> <th width="140">Municipality </th> <th width="60">Population </th> <th width="115" class="unsortable">Seat </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right">1. </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Kozani" title="Kozani">Kozani</a></b> </td> <td style="text-align:right">71,388 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kozani" title="Kozani">Kozani</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right">2. </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Eordaia" title="Eordaia">Eordaia</a></b> </td> <td style="text-align:right">45,592 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ptolemaida" title="Ptolemaida">Ptolemaida</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right">3. </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Voio_(municipality)" title="Voio (municipality)">Voio</a></b> </td> <td style="text-align:right">18,386 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Siatista" title="Siatista">Siatista</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right">4. </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Servia-Velventos" title="Servia-Velventos">Servia-Velventos</a></b> </td> <td style="text-align:right">14,830 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Servia,_Greece" title="Servia, Greece">Servia</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right">5. </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Deskati" title="Deskati">Deskati</a></b> </td> <td style="text-align:right">5,852 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Deskati" title="Deskati">Deskati</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right">6. </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Grevena" title="Grevena">Grevena</a></b> </td> <td style="text-align:right">25,905 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Grevena" title="Grevena">Grevena</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right">7. </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Nestorio" title="Nestorio">Nestorio</a></b> </td> <td style="text-align:right">2,646 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nestorio" title="Nestorio">Nestorio</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right">8. </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Argos_Orestiko" title="Argos Orestiko">Argos Orestiko</a></b> </td> <td style="text-align:right">11,802 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Argos_Orestiko" title="Argos Orestiko">Argos Orestiko</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right">9. </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Kastoria" title="Kastoria">Kastoria</a></b> </td> <td style="text-align:right">35,874 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kastoria" title="Kastoria">Kastoria</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right">10. </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Prespes" title="Prespes">Prespes</a></b> </td> <td style="text-align:right">1,560 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Laimos" title="Laimos">Laimos</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right">11. </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Florina" title="Florina">Florina</a></b> </td> <td style="text-align:right">32,881 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Florina" title="Florina">Florina</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right">12. </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Amyntaio" title="Amyntaio">Amyntaio</a></b> </td> <td style="text-align:right">16,973 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Amyntaio" title="Amyntaio">Amyntaio</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Western_Macedonia&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Macedonia_(Greece)#History" title="Macedonia (Greece)">Macedonia (Greece) § History</a></div> <p>The modern region of Western Macedonia roughly corresponds to the <a href="/wiki/Regions_of_ancient_Greece" title="Regions of ancient Greece">ancient Greek regions</a> of <a href="/wiki/Orestis_(region)" title="Orestis (region)">Orestis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Elimiotis" title="Elimiotis">Elimiotis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eordaea" title="Eordaea">Eordaea</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tymphaea" title="Tymphaea">Tymphaea</a>, part of <a href="/wiki/Lynkestis" title="Lynkestis">Lynkestis</a>, of <a href="/wiki/Upper_Macedonia" title="Upper Macedonia">Upper Macedonia</a>. <a href="/w/index.php?title=Miltiades_Hatzopoulos&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Miltiades Hatzopoulos (page does not exist)">Miltiades Hatzopoulos</a> and other scholars suggest that the <a href="/wiki/Argead_dynasty" title="Argead dynasty">Argead</a> <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Macedonians" title="Ancient Macedonians">Macedonians</a> wandered from <a href="/wiki/Orestis_(region)" title="Orestis (region)">Orestis</a> to <a href="/wiki/Lower_Macedonia" title="Lower Macedonia">Lower Macedonia</a> where they founded <a href="/wiki/Macedonia_(ancient_kingdom)" title="Macedonia (ancient kingdom)">the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Hatzopoulos2017_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hatzopoulos2017-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Three of the most important <a href="/wiki/Hellenistic" class="mw-redirect" title="Hellenistic">Hellenistic</a> dynasties originated from <a href="/wiki/Upper_Macedonia" title="Upper Macedonia">Upper Macedonia</a>: the <a href="/wiki/Lagids" class="mw-redirect" title="Lagids">Lagids</a> from <a href="/wiki/Eordaea" title="Eordaea">Eordaea</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Seleucid_dynasty" title="Seleucid dynasty">Seleucids</a> from <a href="/wiki/Orestis_(region)" title="Orestis (region)">Orestis</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Antigonid_dynasty" title="Antigonid dynasty">Antigonids</a> from <a href="/wiki/Elimiotis" title="Elimiotis">Elimiotis</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Western_Macedonia&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Westmakperiphery.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Westmakperiphery.jpg/220px-Westmakperiphery.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Westmakperiphery.jpg/330px-Westmakperiphery.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Westmakperiphery.jpg/440px-Westmakperiphery.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption>The administrative building of Western Macedonia region in Kozani</figcaption></figure> <p>The population of Western Macedonia was 283,689 according to the <a href="/wiki/2011_Greek_census" title="2011 Greek census">2011 Greek census</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2011census_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2011census-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-census11_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census11-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Today, the region is predominantly ethnic Greek with Slavophone <a href="/wiki/Greeks" title="Greeks">Greeks</a> being a minority. The former are mainly concentrated in the towns <a href="/wiki/Florina" title="Florina">Florina</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kastoria" title="Kastoria">Kastoria</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ptolemaida" title="Ptolemaida">Ptolemaida</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are also around 1,400 Slavophones—approximately 0.5% of the local population—who profess a <a href="/wiki/Slavic_Macedonian" class="mw-redirect" title="Slavic Macedonian">Slavic Macedonian</a> identity.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other smaller communities include <a href="/wiki/Aromanians" title="Aromanians">Aromanians</a> and <a href="/wiki/Arvanites" title="Arvanites">Arvanites</a>. </p><p>The region has shrunk by 28,633 people between 2011 and 2021, experiencing a highest percentage population loss in Greece of 10.1%.<sup id="cite_ref-2021census_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2021census-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ptolemaida,_Kozani_prefecture,_Greece_-_aerial_view.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Ptolemaida%2C_Kozani_prefecture%2C_Greece_-_aerial_view.jpg/220px-Ptolemaida%2C_Kozani_prefecture%2C_Greece_-_aerial_view.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Ptolemaida%2C_Kozani_prefecture%2C_Greece_-_aerial_view.jpg/330px-Ptolemaida%2C_Kozani_prefecture%2C_Greece_-_aerial_view.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Ptolemaida%2C_Kozani_prefecture%2C_Greece_-_aerial_view.jpg/440px-Ptolemaida%2C_Kozani_prefecture%2C_Greece_-_aerial_view.jpg 2x" data-file-width="706" data-file-height="476" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Ptolemaida" title="Ptolemaida">Ptolemaida</a>.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Aliakmonas_bridge.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Aliakmonas_bridge.jpg/220px-Aliakmonas_bridge.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Aliakmonas_bridge.jpg/330px-Aliakmonas_bridge.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Aliakmonas_bridge.jpg/440px-Aliakmonas_bridge.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2800" data-file-height="2128" /></a><figcaption>Western Macedonia. The bridge over the Polyfytos artificial lake of the river <a href="/wiki/Aliakmonas" class="mw-redirect" title="Aliakmonas">Aliakmonas</a> in <a href="/wiki/Kozani_Prefecture" class="mw-redirect" title="Kozani Prefecture">Kozani Prefecture</a>.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Nymfaio.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Nymfaio.jpg/220px-Nymfaio.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Nymfaio.jpg/330px-Nymfaio.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Nymfaio.jpg/440px-Nymfaio.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>The community of <a href="/wiki/Nymfaio" title="Nymfaio">Nymfaio</a> in <a href="/wiki/Florina_Prefecture" class="mw-redirect" title="Florina Prefecture">Florina Prefecture</a>.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kastoria2_200704.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Kastoria2_200704.JPG/220px-Kastoria2_200704.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Kastoria2_200704.JPG/330px-Kastoria2_200704.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Kastoria2_200704.JPG/440px-Kastoria2_200704.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1286" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Lake_Orestiada" title="Lake Orestiada">lake Orestiada</a> in <a href="/wiki/Kastoria" title="Kastoria">Kastoria</a>.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Florina-houses.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Florina-houses.jpg/220px-Florina-houses.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Florina-houses.jpg/330px-Florina-houses.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Florina-houses.jpg/440px-Florina-houses.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption>Neoclassical houses at the shoreline of Sakoulevas river, <a href="/wiki/Florina" title="Florina">Florina</a>.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Villa_Lassani_in_Kozani,_Greece.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Villa_Lassani_in_Kozani%2C_Greece.jpg/220px-Villa_Lassani_in_Kozani%2C_Greece.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Villa_Lassani_in_Kozani%2C_Greece.jpg/330px-Villa_Lassani_in_Kozani%2C_Greece.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Villa_Lassani_in_Kozani%2C_Greece.jpg/440px-Villa_Lassani_in_Kozani%2C_Greece.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Georgios_Lassanis" title="Georgios Lassanis">Georgios Lassanis</a> mansion in Kozani.</figcaption></figure> <p>The biggest towns in each regional unit, according to the census of 2011 (only communities with population more than 2,000 recorded): </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:left; font-size:90%"> <tbody><tr> <th></th> <th width="140px" bgcolor="#6495ED"><a href="/wiki/Regional_units_of_Greece" title="Regional units of Greece">Regional unit</a></th> <th width="80px" bgcolor="#6495ED"><a href="/wiki/Capital_(political)" class="mw-redirect" title="Capital (political)">Capital</a></th> <th width="80px" bgcolor="#6495ED"><a href="/wiki/Area" title="Area">Area</a> (km<sup>2</sup>)</th> <th width="80px" bgcolor="#6495ED"><a href="/wiki/Population" title="Population">Population</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FFCBCB"></td> <td bgcolor="#FFCBCB"><b><a href="/wiki/Grevena_(regional_unit)" title="Grevena (regional unit)">Grevena</a></b></td> <td bgcolor="#FFCBCB"><b><a href="/wiki/Grevena" title="Grevena">Grevena</a></b></td> <td style="text-align:center" bgcolor="#FFCBCB"><b>2,291</b></td> <td style="text-align:center" bgcolor="#FFCBCB"><b>31,757</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FFCBCB">1</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Grevena" title="Grevena">Grevena</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:right">13,374 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FFCBCB">2</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Deskati" title="Deskati">Deskati</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:right">3,598 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#B9FFC5"></td> <td bgcolor="#B9FFC5"><b><a href="/wiki/Kastoria_(regional_unit)" title="Kastoria (regional unit)">Kastoria</a></b></td> <td bgcolor="#B9FFC5"><b><a href="/wiki/Kastoria" title="Kastoria">Kastoria</a></b></td> <td style="text-align:center" bgcolor="#B9FFC5"><b>1,720</b></td> <td style="text-align:center" bgcolor="#B9FFC5"><b>50,322</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#B9FFC5">1</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kastoria" title="Kastoria">Kastoria</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:right">16,958 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#B9FFC5">2</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Argos_Orestiko" title="Argos Orestiko">Argos Orestiko</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:right">7,482 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#B9FFC5">3</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Agia_Triada,_Kastoria" title="Agia Triada, Kastoria">Maniakoi</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:right">3,055 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#B9FFC5">4</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mesopotamia,_Greece" class="mw-redirect" title="Mesopotamia, Greece">Mesopotamia</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:right">2,955 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#CCCCFF"></td> <td bgcolor="#CCCCFF"><b><a href="/wiki/Kozani_(regional_unit)" title="Kozani (regional unit)">Kozani</a></b></td> <td bgcolor="#CCCCFF"><b><a href="/wiki/Kozani" title="Kozani">Kozani</a></b></td> <td style="text-align:center" bgcolor="#CCCCFF"><b>3,516</b></td> <td style="text-align:center" bgcolor="#CCCCFF"><b>150,196</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#CCCCFF">1</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kozani" title="Kozani">Kozani</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:right">42,604 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#CCCCFF">2</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ptolemaida" title="Ptolemaida">Ptolemaida</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:right">32,142 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#CCCCFF">3</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Siatista" title="Siatista">Siatista</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:right">5,490 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#CCCCFF">4</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Servia,_Greece" title="Servia, Greece">Servia</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:right">3,540 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#CCCCFF">5</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Velventos" title="Velventos">Velventos</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:right">3,399 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#CCCCFF">6</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Krokos" title="Krokos">Krokos</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:right">2,977 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#CCCCFF">7</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Neapoli,_Kozani" title="Neapoli, Kozani">Neapoli</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:right">2,323 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#CCCCFF">8</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Aiani" title="Aiani">Aiani</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:right">2,006 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#E0FFFF"></td> <td bgcolor="#E0FFFF"><b><a href="/wiki/Florina_(regional_unit)" title="Florina (regional unit)">Florina</a></b></td> <td bgcolor="#E0FFFF"><b><a href="/wiki/Florina" title="Florina">Florina</a></b></td> <td style="text-align:center" bgcolor="#E0FFFF"><b>1,924</b></td> <td style="text-align:center" bgcolor="#E0FFFF"><b>51,414</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#E0FFFF">1</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Florina" title="Florina">Florina</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:right">17,907 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#E0FFFF">2</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Amyntaio" title="Amyntaio">Amyntaio</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:right">4,306 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FFDB58"><b>Total</b></td> <td bgcolor="#FFDB58"><span class="nowrap"><b>Western Macedonia</b></span></td> <td bgcolor="#FFDB58"><b><a href="/wiki/Kozani" title="Kozani">Kozani</a></b></td> <td style="text-align:center" bgcolor="#FFDB58"><b>9,451</b></td> <td style="text-align:center" bgcolor="#FFDB58"><span class="nowrap"><b>283,689</b><sup id="cite_ref-census11_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census11-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Major_cities_and_towns">Major cities and towns</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Western_Macedonia&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Major cities and towns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amyntaio" title="Amyntaio">Amyntaio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Argos_Orestiko" title="Argos Orestiko">Argos Orestiko</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deskati" title="Deskati">Deskati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florina" title="Florina">Florina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grevena" title="Grevena">Grevena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kastoria" title="Kastoria">Kastoria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kozani" title="Kozani">Kozani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ptolemaida" title="Ptolemaida">Ptolemaida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Servia,_Greece" title="Servia, Greece">Servia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siatista" title="Siatista">Siatista</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Western_Macedonia&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/University_of_Western_Macedonia" title="University of Western Macedonia">University of Western Macedonia</a> provides technical education to stimulate growth throughout the region, and is located in <a href="/wiki/Kozani" title="Kozani">Kozani</a>, <a href="/wiki/Florina" title="Florina">Florina</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kastoria" title="Kastoria">Kastoria</a>. Programs at the university in Florina include courses of study in the Pedagogic Department and the Department of Balkan studies. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Technological_Educational_Institute" class="mw-redirect" title="Technological Educational Institute">Technological Educational Institute</a> of Western Macedonia (TEIWM) provides undergraduate degrees in Engineering, Business and Finance, Agriculture, Health and Welfare. Based in Kozani, it operates satellite campuses in Kastoria, Florina, <a href="/wiki/Grevena" title="Grevena">Grevena</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ptolemaida" title="Ptolemaida">Ptolemaida</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Media">Media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Western_Macedonia&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Television_channels">Television channels</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Western_Macedonia&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Television channels"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/West_Channel" title="West Channel">West Channel</a> - <a href="/wiki/Kozani" title="Kozani">Kozani</a></li> <li>Top Channel - <a href="/wiki/Kozani" title="Kozani">Kozani</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kanali_28&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kanali 28 (page does not exist)">Kanali 28</a> - <a href="/wiki/Grevena" title="Grevena">Grevena</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tileorasi_Radiofonia_Makedonias&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tileorasi Radiofonia Makedonias (page does not exist)">TRM</a> - <a href="/wiki/Grevena" title="Grevena">Grevena</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flash_TV&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Flash TV (page does not exist)">Flash TV</a> - <a href="/wiki/Kastoria" title="Kastoria">Kastoria</a>/<a href="/wiki/Kozani" title="Kozani">Kozani</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dyktio1&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dyktio1 (page does not exist)">Dyktio1</a> - <a href="/wiki/Kastoria" title="Kastoria">Kastoria</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Western_Macedonia&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Florina_(city),_Florina_prefecture,_Greece_-_From_the_Northwest_(National_Road_2_to_Vigla)_-_02.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Florina"><img alt="Florina" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Florina_%28city%29%2C_Florina_prefecture%2C_Greece_-_From_the_Northwest_%28National_Road_2_to_Vigla%29_-_02.jpg/120px-Florina_%28city%29%2C_Florina_prefecture%2C_Greece_-_From_the_Northwest_%28National_Road_2_to_Vigla%29_-_02.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Florina_%28city%29%2C_Florina_prefecture%2C_Greece_-_From_the_Northwest_%28National_Road_2_to_Vigla%29_-_02.jpg/180px-Florina_%28city%29%2C_Florina_prefecture%2C_Greece_-_From_the_Northwest_%28National_Road_2_to_Vigla%29_-_02.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Florina_%28city%29%2C_Florina_prefecture%2C_Greece_-_From_the_Northwest_%28National_Road_2_to_Vigla%29_-_02.jpg/240px-Florina_%28city%29%2C_Florina_prefecture%2C_Greece_-_From_the_Northwest_%28National_Road_2_to_Vigla%29_-_02.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Florina" title="Florina">Florina</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kostur.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Kastoria"><img alt="Kastoria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Kostur.jpg/120px-Kostur.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Kostur.jpg/180px-Kostur.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Kostur.jpg/240px-Kostur.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Kastoria" title="Kastoria">Kastoria</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ancient_macedonian_grave_ptolemaida_greece_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Ancient Macedonian grave in Eordaia"><img alt="Ancient Macedonian grave in Eordaia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Ancient_macedonian_grave_ptolemaida_greece_1.jpg/120px-Ancient_macedonian_grave_ptolemaida_greece_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="82" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Ancient_macedonian_grave_ptolemaida_greece_1.jpg/180px-Ancient_macedonian_grave_ptolemaida_greece_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Ancient_macedonian_grave_ptolemaida_greece_1.jpg/240px-Ancient_macedonian_grave_ptolemaida_greece_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="320" data-file-height="218" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Ancient Macedonian grave in Eordaia</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mamatsios.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Aghios Nikolaos Clock Tower in Kozani"><img alt="Aghios Nikolaos Clock Tower in Kozani" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Mamatsios.jpg/90px-Mamatsios.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Mamatsios.jpg/135px-Mamatsios.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Mamatsios.jpg/180px-Mamatsios.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1944" data-file-height="2592" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Aghios Nikolaos Clock Tower in Kozani</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:German-central-square.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Village of Agios Germanos-Prespa"><img alt="Village of Agios Germanos-Prespa" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/German-central-square.jpg/120px-German-central-square.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/German-central-square.jpg/180px-German-central-square.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/German-central-square.jpg/240px-German-central-square.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2576" data-file-height="1932" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Village of Agios Germanos-Prespa </div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; 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Walter de Gruyter. pp. 299–324. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-3-11-053081-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-3-11-053081-0"><bdi>978-3-11-053081-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Recent+Research+in+the+Ancient+Macedonian+Dialect%3A+Consolidation+and+New+Perspectives&rft.btitle=Studies+in+Ancient+Greek+Dialects%3A+From+Central+Greece+to+the+Black+Sea&rft.pages=299-324&rft.pub=Walter+de+Gruyter&rft.date=2017&rft.isbn=978-3-11-053081-0&rft.aulast=Hatzopoulos&rft.aufirst=Miltiades+B.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DXXFLDwAAQBAJ%26q%3Dancient%2Bmacedonian%2Bspeech%26pg%3DPT301&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWestern+Macedonia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2011census-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2011census_12-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.statistics.gr/portal/page/portal/ESYE/BUCKET/A1602/PressReleases/A1602_SAM01_DT_DC_00_2011_03_F_EN.pdf">"Demographic and social characteristics of the Resident Population of Greece according to the 2011 Population - Housing Census revision of 20/3/2014"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <a href="/wiki/Hellenic_Statistical_Authority" title="Hellenic Statistical Authority">Hellenic Statistical Authority</a>. 12 September 2014.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Demographic+and+social+characteristics+of+the+Resident+Population+of+Greece+according+to+the+2011+Population+-+Housing+Census+revision+of+20%2F3%2F2014&rft.pub=Hellenic+Statistical+Authority&rft.date=2014-09-12&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.statistics.gr%2Fportal%2Fpage%2Fportal%2FESYE%2FBUCKET%2FA1602%2FPressReleases%2FA1602_SAM01_DT_DC_00_2011_03_F_EN.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWestern+Macedonia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRoudometof2002" class="citation book cs1">Roudometof, Victor (2002). <i>Collective Memory, National Identity, and Ethnic Conflict: Greece, Bulgaria, and the Macedonian Question</i>. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 124. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-275-97648-3" title="Special:BookSources/0-275-97648-3"><bdi>0-275-97648-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Collective+Memory%2C+National+Identity%2C+and+Ethnic+Conflict%3A+Greece%2C+Bulgaria%2C+and+the+Macedonian+Question&rft.pages=124&rft.pub=Greenwood+Publishing+Group&rft.date=2002&rft.isbn=0-275-97648-3&rft.aulast=Roudometof&rft.aufirst=Victor&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWestern+Macedonia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFVan_Boeschoten2001" class="citation journal cs1">Van Boeschoten, Riki (May 1, 2001). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://journals.openedition.org/strates/381">"Usage des langues minoritaires dans les départements de Florina et d'Aridea (Macédoine)"</a>. <i>Strates. Matériaux pour la recherche en sciences sociales</i> (10). <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.4000%2Fstrates.381">10.4000/strates.381</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:161802924">161802924</a> – via journals.openedition.org.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Strates.+Mat%C3%A9riaux+pour+la+recherche+en+sciences+sociales&rft.atitle=Usage+des+langues+minoritaires+dans+les+d%C3%A9partements+de+Florina+et+d%27Aridea+%28Mac%C3%A9doine%29&rft.issue=10&rft.date=2001-05-01&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.4000%2Fstrates.381&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.semanticscholar.org%2FCorpusID%3A161802924%23id-name%3DS2CID&rft.aulast=Van+Boeschoten&rft.aufirst=Riki&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fjournals.openedition.org%2Fstrates%2F381&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWestern+Macedonia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">In the 2014 European elections in Greece, 1,441 people from Western Macedonia voted for the <a href="/wiki/Rainbow_(political_party)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rainbow (political party)">Rainbow Party</a>, which represents what it regards as the <a href="/wiki/Slavic_Macedonian" class="mw-redirect" title="Slavic Macedonian">Slavic Macedonian</a> minority in Greece.<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://ekloges.ypes.gr/may2014/more/level.html?lang=en&refresh=1&nav=1&level=snom&id=3&ekl=e">[1]</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.makthes.gr/ti-echoyn-na-poyn-oi-prespolagnoi-201856">"Τι έχουν να πουν οι πρεσπολάγνοι;"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Makedonia_(newspaper)" title="Makedonia (newspaper)">Macedonia (newspaper)</a></i> (in Greek)<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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href="/wiki/Kallikratis_Programme" title="Kallikratis Programme">2011</a>)</dd> <dt>Capital</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Kozani" title="Kozani">Kozani</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Regional unit of <a href="/wiki/Florina_(regional_unit)" title="Florina (regional unit)">Florina</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amyntaio" title="Amyntaio">Amyntaio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florina" title="Florina">Florina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prespes" title="Prespes">Prespes</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="4" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Periferia_Dytikis_Makedonias.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Periferia_Dytikis_Makedonias.png/120px-Periferia_Dytikis_Makedonias.png" 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unit)">Kastoria</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Argos_Orestiko" title="Argos Orestiko">Argos Orestiko</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kastoria" title="Kastoria">Kastoria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nestorio" title="Nestorio">Nestorio</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Regional unit of <a href="/wiki/Kozani_(regional_unit)" title="Kozani (regional unit)">Kozani</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eordaia" title="Eordaia">Eordaia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kozani" title="Kozani">Kozani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Servia,_Greece" title="Servia, Greece">Servia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Velventos" title="Velventos">Velventos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Voio_(municipality)" title="Voio (municipality)">Voio</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div> <dl><dt>Regional governor</dt> <dd><a href="/w/index.php?title=Giorgos_Kassapidis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Giorgos Kassapidis (page does not exist)">Giorgos Kassapidis</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%93%CE%B9%CF%8E%CF%81%CE%B3%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%9A%CE%B1%CF%83%CE%B1%CF%80%CE%AF%CE%B4%CE%B7%CF%82" class="extiw" title="el:Γιώργος Κασαπίδης">el</a>]</span> (since <a href="/wiki/2019_Greek_local_elections" title="2019 Greek local elections">2019</a>)</dd> <dt>Decentralized Administration</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Decentralized_Administration_of_Epirus_and_Western_Macedonia" title="Decentralized Administration of Epirus and Western Macedonia">Epirus and Western Macedonia</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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href="/wiki/List_of_Macedonians_(Greek)" title="List of Macedonians (Greek)">List</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Thessaloniki" title="History of the Jews in Thessaloniki">Jews of Thessaloniki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slavic_speakers_of_Greek_Macedonia" title="Slavic speakers of Greek Macedonia">Slavic speakers</a> <ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><i><a href="/wiki/Macedonian_Bulgarians" title="Macedonian Bulgarians">Macedonian Bulgarians</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ethnic_Macedonians" class="mw-redirect" title="Ethnic Macedonians">Ethnic Macedonians</a></i></span></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aromanians" title="Aromanians">Aromanians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Megleno-Romanians" title="Megleno-Romanians">Megleno-Romanians</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="8" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vergina_Sun_WIPO.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Vergina_Sun_WIPO.svg/75px-Vergina_Sun_WIPO.svg.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Vergina_Sun_WIPO.svg/113px-Vergina_Sun_WIPO.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Vergina_Sun_WIPO.svg/150px-Vergina_Sun_WIPO.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="573" data-file-height="573" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center; background: #cedff2;">History</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Macedonia_(ancient_kingdom)" title="Macedonia (ancient kingdom)">Ancient Macedonia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Macedonia_(ancient_kingdom)" title="History of Macedonia (ancient kingdom)">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Macedonia_(ancient_kingdom)" title="Government of Macedonia (ancient kingdom)">Government</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_kings_of_Macedonia" title="List of kings of Macedonia">Kings</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wars_of_Alexander_the_Great" title="Wars of Alexander the Great">Wars of Alexander the Great</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wars_of_the_Diadochi" title="Wars of the Diadochi">Wars of the Diadochi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macedonian_Wars" title="Macedonian Wars">Macedonian Wars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macedonia_(Roman_province)" title="Macedonia (Roman province)">Roman Macedonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbarian_invasions" class="mw-redirect" title="Barbarian invasions">Barbarian invasions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macedonia_(theme)" title="Macedonia (theme)">Theme of Macedonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thessalonica_(theme)" title="Thessalonica (theme)">Theme of Thessalonica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strymon_(theme)" title="Strymon (theme)">Theme of Strymon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sack_of_Thessalonica_(904)" title="Sack of Thessalonica (904)">Sack of Thessalonica (904)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Byzantine%E2%80%93Bulgarian_wars" title="Byzantine–Bulgarian wars">Byzantine–Bulgarian wars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sack_of_Thessalonica_(1185)" title="Sack of Thessalonica (1185)">Sack of Thessalonica (1185)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Thessalonica" title="Kingdom of Thessalonica">Kingdom of Thessalonica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Empire_of_Thessalonica" title="Empire of Thessalonica">Empire of Thessalonica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Byzantine_civil_war_of_1321%E2%80%931328" title="Byzantine civil war of 1321–1328">Byzantine civil war of 1321–1328</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Byzantine_civil_war_of_1341%E2%80%931347" title="Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347">Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zealots_of_Thessalonica" title="Zealots of Thessalonica">Zealots of Thessalonica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Byzantine%E2%80%93Ottoman_wars" title="Byzantine–Ottoman wars">Byzantine–Ottoman wars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Thessalonica_(1422%E2%80%931430)" title="Siege of Thessalonica (1422–1430)">Siege of Thessalonica (1422–1430)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Greece" title="Ottoman Greece">Ottoman Greece</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rumelia_Eyalet" title="Rumelia Eyalet">Rumelia Eyalet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_War_of_Independence#Macedonia" title="Greek War of Independence">Greek War of Independence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manastir_Vilayet" class="mw-redirect" title="Manastir Vilayet">Manastir Vilayet</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sanjak_of_Monastir" title="Sanjak of Monastir">Sanjak of Monastir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanjak_of_Serfi%C4%9Fe" title="Sanjak of Serfiğe">Sanjak of Serfiğe</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salonica_Vilayet" class="mw-redirect" title="Salonica Vilayet">Salonica Vilayet</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sanjak_of_Drama" title="Sanjak of Drama">Sanjak of Drama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanjak_of_Salonica" title="Sanjak of Salonica">Sanjak of Salonica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanjak_of_Siroz" title="Sanjak of Siroz">Sanjak of Siroz</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macedonian_Struggle" title="Macedonian Struggle">Macedonian Struggle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balkan_Wars" title="Balkan Wars">Balkan Wars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macedonian_front" title="Macedonian front">Macedonian front</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Provisional_Government_of_National_Defence" title="Provisional Government of National Defence">Provisional Government of National Defence</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Axis_occupation_of_Greece" title="Axis occupation of Greece">Axis occupation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_Civil_War" title="Greek Civil War">Greek Civil War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macedonia_naming_dispute" title="Macedonia naming dispute">Macedonia naming dispute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prespa_agreement" class="mw-redirect" title="Prespa agreement">Prespa agreement</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center; background: #cedff2;">Administration</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Macedonia_and_Thrace" title="Ministry of Macedonia and Thrace">Ministry of Macedonia and Thrace</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Western Macedonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Macedonia" title="Central Macedonia">Central Macedonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Macedonia_and_Thrace" title="Eastern Macedonia and Thrace">Eastern Macedonia and Thrace</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center; background: #cedff2;">Economy</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agios_Dimitrios_Power_Plant" title="Agios Dimitrios Power Plant">Agios Dimitrios Power Plant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amyntaio_Power_Plant" title="Amyntaio Power Plant">Amyntaio Power Plant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drama_coal_mine" title="Drama coal mine">Drama coal mine</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gerakini_mine&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gerakini mine (page does not exist)">Gerakini mine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olympias_mine" title="Olympias mine">Olympias mine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piavitsa_mine" title="Piavitsa mine">Piavitsa mine</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Port_of_Kavala&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Port of Kavala (page does not exist)">Port of Kavala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Port_of_Thessaloniki" title="Port of Thessaloniki">Port of Thessaloniki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prinos_oil_field" title="Prinos oil field">Prinos oil field</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ptolemaida-Florina_coal_mine" title="Ptolemaida-Florina coal mine">Ptolemaida-Florina coal mine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skouries_mine" title="Skouries mine">Skouries mine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stratoni_mine" title="Stratoni mine">Stratoni mine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thessaloniki_International_Fair" title="Thessaloniki International Fair">Thessaloniki International Fair</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center; background: #cedff2;">Major cities</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thessaloniki" title="Thessaloniki">Thessaloniki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kavala" title="Kavala">Kavala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kastoria" title="Kastoria">Kastoria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serres" title="Serres">Serres</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Veria" title="Veria">Veria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katerini" title="Katerini">Katerini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edessa,_Greece" title="Edessa, Greece">Edessa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florina" title="Florina">Florina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drama,_Greece" title="Drama, Greece">Drama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naousa,_Imathia" title="Naousa, Imathia">Naousa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kozani" title="Kozani">Kozani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siatista" title="Siatista">Siatista</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilkis" title="Kilkis">Kilkis</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cities_in_Greece" class="mw-redirect" title="Cities in Greece">Other</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center; background: #cedff2;">Nature</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vardar" title="Vardar">Axios River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doiran_Lake" title="Doiran Lake">Doiran Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falakro" title="Falakro">Falakro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gallikos_(river)" title="Gallikos (river)">Galikos River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haliacmon" title="Haliacmon">Haliacmon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Kerkini" title="Lake Kerkini">Lake Kerkini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Koroneia" title="Lake Koroneia">Lake Koroneia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Orestiada" title="Lake Orestiada">Lake Orestiada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Prespa" title="Lake Prespa">Lake Prespa</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Small_Prespa_Lake" title="Small Prespa Lake">Small Prespa Lake</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Vegoritida" title="Lake Vegoritida">Lake Vegoritida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Volvi" title="Lake Volvi">Lake Volvi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Paiko" title="Mount Paiko">Mount Paiko</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nestos_(river)" title="Nestos (river)">Nestos (river)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Olympus" title="Mount Olympus">Mount Olympus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pangaion_Hills" title="Pangaion Hills">Pangaion Hills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pindus" title="Pindus">Pindus</a> (<a href="/wiki/Pindus_National_Park" title="Pindus National Park">Pindus National Park</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Petralona_cave" class="mw-redirect" title="Petralona cave">Petralona cave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Struma_(river)" title="Struma (river)">Strymon River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vasilitsa" title="Vasilitsa">Vasilitsa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vermio_Mountains" title="Vermio Mountains">Vermio Mountains</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kato_Vermio" title="Kato Vermio">Seli</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Verno" title="Verno">Verno</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Voras_Mountains" title="Voras Mountains">Voras Mountains</a></li> <li><b>Islands</b>: <a href="/wiki/Thasos" title="Thasos">Thasos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ammouliani" title="Ammouliani">Ammouliani</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center; background: #cedff2;">Monuments</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agios_Athanasios,_Thessaloniki" title="Agios Athanasios, Thessaloniki">Agios Athanasios</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexandrion_(Litochoro)" title="Alexandrion (Litochoro)">Alexandrion (Litochoro)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amphipolis" title="Amphipolis">Amphipolis</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lion_of_Amphipolis" title="Lion of Amphipolis">Lion of Amphipolis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kasta_Tomb" title="Kasta Tomb">Kasta Tomb</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dion,_Pieria" title="Dion, Pieria">Dion</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dion,_Archaeological_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Dion, Archaeological Park">Archaeological Park</a></li> <li><a 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