NUTS of Macedonia
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As a candidate country of the European Union
, Macedonia
(MK) is included in the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics
(NUTS). The three NUTS levels are:
Below the NUTS levels, there are two LAU
levels (LAU-1: municipalities
; LAU-2: settlements).
European Union
The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...
, Macedonia
Republic of Macedonia
Macedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...
(MK) is included in the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics
Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics
The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics or Nomenclature of Units for Territorial Statistics is a geocode standard for referencing the subdivisions of countries for statistical purposes...
(NUTS). The three NUTS levels are:
- NUTS-1: MK0 Macedonia
- NUTS-2: MK00 Macedonia
- NUTS-3: 8 Statistical regionsStatistical Regions of the Republic of Macedonia-Regions:-References:...
- MK001 VardarskiVardar statistical regionThe Vardar Statistical Region is one of eight arbitrary statistical regions in the Republic of Macedonia. Vardar, located in the central part of Macedonia, borders Greece to the south. Internally, it borders the Pelagonia, Southwestern, Skopje, Southeastern, and Eastern...
- MK002 IstočenEastern statistical regionThe Eastern Statistical Region is one of eight arbitrary statistical regions in the Republic of Macedonia. Eastern, located in the eastern part of the country, borders Bulgaria...
- MK003 JugozapadenSouthwestern statistical regionThe Southwestern Statistical Region is one of eight arbitrary statistical regions in the Republic of Macedonia. Southwestern, located in the west and southwestern part of the country, borders Albania to the west...
- MK004 JugoistočenSoutheastern statistical regionThe Southeastern Statistical Region is one of eight arbitrary statistical regions in the Republic of Macedonia. Southeastern, located in the southeastern part of the country, borders Greece and Bulgaria...
- MK005 PelagoniskiPelagonia statistical regionThe Pelagonia Statistical Region is one of eight arbitrary statistical regions in the Republic of Macedonia. It is located in southwestern part of the country along the eponymous plain. It borders Greece and Albania...
- MK006 PološkiPolog statistical regionThe Polog Statistical Region is one of eight arbitrary statistical regions in the Republic of Macedonia. Polog, located in the northwestern part of the country, borders Albania and Kosovo...
- MK007 SeveroistočenNortheastern statistical regionThe Northeastern Statistical Region is one of eight arbitrary statistical regions in the Republic of Macedonia. Northeastern, located in the northeastern part of the country, borders Serbia and Bulgaria...
- MK008 SkopskiSkopje statistical regionThe Skopje Statistical Region is one of eight arbitrary statistical regions in the Republic of Macedonia. Skopje, located in northern Macedonia, borders Kosovo to the north...
- MK001 Vardarski
Below the NUTS levels, there are two LAU
Local administrative unit
Generally, a local administrative unit is a low level administrative division of a country, ranked below a province, region, or state. Not all countries describe their locally governed areas this way, but it can be descriptively applied anywhere to refer to counties, municipalities, etc.In the...
levels (LAU-1: municipalities
Municipalities of the Republic of Macedonia
The Municipalities of the Republic of Macedonia are first-order administrative divisions. In August 2004, the Republic of Macedonia was reorganised into 84 municipalities ; 10 of the municipalities constitute the City of Skopje , a distinct unit of local self-government and the country's...
; LAU-2: settlements).
See also
- Subdivisions of Macedonia
- ISO 3166-2 codes of MacedoniaISO 3166-2:MKISO 3166-2:MK is the entry for Macedonia in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.Currently for Macedonia, ISO 3166-2 codes are...
- FIPS region codes of Macedonia
Sources
- Hierarchical list of the Nomenclature of territorial units for statistics - NUTS and the Statistical regions of Europe
- Overview map of CC (Candidate countries) - Statistical regions at level 1
- Correspondence between the regional levels and the national administrative units
- Municipalities of Macedonia, Statoids.com