Jakupica mountain

Jakupica mountain

Jakupica or Wet Mountains are a mountain range in central Macedonia. It is composed of more mountainous parts: Karadzica Dautica Goleshnica Kitka and Osoj. Jakupica is rich with diverse flora and fauna, pastures, springs - hot and others. The nucleus is composed of gneiss and crystalline schists, and above them are thick layers of Mesozoic limestones and dolomites. Mountain are traces of the Ice Age, represented by cir (two lakes), valleys and moraines.

Highest and notable peak is Solunska Chapter, 2540 meters high. Other important peaks are:
 Karadzica (2473 m)
 Popovo Brdo (2380 m)
 Sharp Beach (2365 m)
 Beautiful (2353 m)
 А sharp peak (2275 m) 
 Dautica (2178 m).

Galicica Mountain

Galicica Mountain

Galicica is high mountain in Macedonia. Due to the natural beauty and characteristic flora and fauna of the forests and forest areas mountain Galicica, a larger part of it, an area of ​​22,750 hectares in 1958, has been declared a national park. Galicica National Park, situated in the southwest part of the Republic of Macedonia, is characteristic for its positioning between the two lakes, Ohrid and Prespa Lake, the involved orthography and interesting geomorphological forms.The highest peak Magaro 2255 meters above sea level. Galicica has developed relief with deep valleys and steep slopes on both lakes,the lowest point is the level of Lake Ohrid 695 meters above sea level and the level of Lake Prespa 850 meters above sea level.

Kozuf Mountain

Kozuf mountain

Kozuf is a mountain located on the border between Macedonia and Greece. Highest peak Kozuf is top Zelenbeg 2176 meters high. The slopes Kozuv is Konopiste village which was the only municipality in Macedonia whose head office is located mountain Kozuv.At the borders of the Republic of Macedonia, Kozuf covers a territory of 80 percent and the remaining 20 percent are in the territory of the Republic of Greece.

Mountain Kozuf has eight (8) peaks:

Green Coast (2171)

Pins (2156) in Greece

Dudica (2132)

Port (2112)

Sea or K-92 (2102)

Zen (2065) in Greece

Markovo Lake (2035)

Rupa Minor (2004

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The Balkan Peninsula, is a geographical and cultural region of Southeast Europe. The region has its name from the Balkan Mountains that stretch from the east of Bulgaria to the very east of Serbia.

The total area of the Balkans is 257,400 square miles (666,700 square km) and the total population is 59,297,000 (est. 2002).^[1] The Balkans meet the Adriatic Sea on the northwest, Ionian Sea on the southwest, the Mediterranean and Aegean Sea on the south and southeast, and the Black Sea on the east and northeast. The highest point of the Balkans is mount Musala 2,925 metres (9,596 ft) on the Rila mountain range in Bulgaria.

The history of the Balkans dates to prehistoric times. Archaeological evidences indicate that the Balkans were populated before the Neolithic period.

The Balkans comprise the following territories:

•  Albania (28,748 km²)
•  Bosnia and Herzegovina (51,197 km²)
•  Bulgaria (110,993 km²)
•  Croatia (56,594 km²) - mostly not included^[18]
•  Greece (131,990 km²)
•  Kosovo (disputed status) ^[a]
•  Republic of Macedonia (25,713 km²)
•  Montenegro (13,812 km²)
•  Serbia (88,361 km²

Most of the area is covered by mountain ranges running from north-west to south-east.On the Adriatic and Aegean coasts the climate is Mediterranean, on the Black Sea coast the climate is humid subtropical and oceanic, and inland it ishumid continental. In the northern part of the peninsula and on the mountains, winters are frosty and snowy, while summers are hot and dry. In the southern part winters are milder.

The region's principal religions are Christianity (Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic) and Islam . Eastern Orthodoxy is the majority religion in both the Balkan peninsula and the Balkan region. A variety of different traditions of each faith are practiced, with each of the Eastern Orthodox countries having its own national church.

• Territories in which the principal religion is Eastern Orthodoxy:
  • Bulgaria (Bulgarian Orthodoxy)
  • Greece (Greek Orthodoxy)
  • Macedonia (Macedonian Orthodoxy)
  • Montenegro (Serbian Orthodox Church and Montenegrin Orthodoxy)
  • Romania (Romanian Orthodoxy)
  • Serbia (Serbian Orthodoxy)
• Territories in which the principal religion is Roman Catholicism:
• Croatia (87.83% Catholics (3 897 332); according to 2001 census official data)
• Slovenia (57.80% Catholics (1 135 626); according to 2002 census official data)

• Territories in which the principal religion is Sunni Islam:
• Albania
• Kosovo^[a]
• Turkey
• Bosnia and Herzegovina