Macedonia (IPA /ˌmæsəˈdoʊ̯nɪə/, Greek: Μακεδονία, Makedonia), is the largest and second most populous region of Greece. Together with the regions of Thessaly, Thrace and Epirus, it is often referred to unofficially as northern Greece. It is located at coordinates .
Its territory covers most of the region of ancient Macedonia, the birthplace of Alexander the Great. Its name was later imparted to a wider Balkan region that became known in modern times as Macedonia of which it forms 52.4% of the land and 52.9% of the population. It was part of the Ottoman Empire until 1912. In 1913, most of the Ottoman lands in Europe (including Macedonia) were divided between the surrounding countries of Greece, Serbia, Bulgaria, Albania and Montenegro.