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On February 12, 2019, the Republic of North Macedonia (formerly the Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, or FYROM) notified the UN of its change of name. This is in accordance with the terms of the Prespa Agreement, which was concluded on June 12, 2018 between Greece and FYROM.

Effective 2013-04-05 these five municipalities combined into the new Kicevo municipality: Drugovo, Kicevo, Oslomej, Vranestica, and Zajas. Effective Spellings changed from Debarca to Debrca and Rostusa to Rostuse on 2014-10-21

"Geopolitical Entities, Names, and Codes, Edition 2" (GENC), a U.S. standard that's supposed to correspond to ISO 3166-2, was issued on 2014-03-31. It used the same codes as ISO did, except that it deleted the entries for the fourteen municipalities marked with asterisks in the table below, and replaced them with Skopje, code MK-85. On 2015-11-27, ISO posted changes that brought it back in synch with GENC.

Update 12 to "Geopolitical Entities and Codes" (GEC) is dated 2013-06-30. It changes the name of Češinovo to Češinovo-Obleševo, which was already shown on this page. It also combines fourteen municipalities into one, Skopje (FIPS code MKF6). The merged municipalities are the ones marked with asterisks in the main table below.

Update 10 to GEC is dated 2012-12-31. It assigns a code to Kruševo, which had lacked one.

ISO 3166-2 Newsletter II-3 is dated 2011-12-15. It merely changes the sort order of the divisions of Macedonia.

Before 2010-04, the equivalent of the GEC standard was FIPS PUB 10-4. It listed codes for 83 of the 84 current municipalities in Macedonia. However, the code MKF2 was used for two entries, Aerodrom and Vinitsa. Update 4 to that standard was issued on 2011-04-30. It corrected the error by raising the last three codes in sequence to the next higher number.

ISO 3166-2 Newsletter Number I-9 was published on 2007-11-28. It assigns numeric ISO codes to the municipalities, superseding the former alphabetic codes as in ISO 3166-2 Newsletter I-8, published on 2007-04-17. Those can all be derived from the HASC codes by replacing periods with hyphens as delimiters.

FIPS 10-4 Change Notice 11, dated 2006-07-11, has dropped "The Former Republic of" from the name of the country. According to FIPS, it is now simply Macedonia.

Change Notice 7 to FIPS PUB 10-4 is dated 2002-01-10. It assigns FIPS codes to the 123 municipalities of Macedonia (see Change history). These are the divisions that were enacted in 1996-09.

In 1999, the CIA World Factbook had a list of municipalities for Macedonia which was similar to the pre-1996 list shown in "Administrative Subdivisions of Countries". The differences were that the Factbook used the name Murgaševo instead of Demir Hisar (the same place), and replaced Skopje with Skopje-Centar, Skopje-Cair, Skopje-Karpos, Skopje-Kisela Voda, and Skopje-Gazi Baba.

Country overview: 

Short name	NORTH MACEDONIA
ISO code	MK
FIPS code	MK
Language	Macedonian (mk)
Time zone	+1 ~
Capital	Skopje

 

The territory now constituting "the Republic of North Macedonia" was part of the Ottoman Empire in 1900. By the Bucharest Peace Treaty of 1913-08-10, Serbia acquired the territory (except for a small area around Strumica, which was part of Bulgaria until World War I). Serbia, with Macedonia, became part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes on 1918-12-04. This kingdom was soon being called Yugoslavia, although the name didn't become official until 1929. Macedonia became one of the six constituent republics of Yugoslavia under the constitution of 1945. It declared independence from Yugoslavia on 1991-01-25. International recognition came slowly, primarily because Greece objected to its use of the name Macedonia. On 1995-09-13, Greece and Macedonia agreed to normalize relations.

Other names of country: 

1. Albanian: Maqedonia e Veriut
2. Danish: Nordmakedonien
3. Dutch: Noord-Macedonië
4. English: North Macedonia
5. Finnish: Pohjois-Makedonia
6. French: Macédoine du Nord
7. German: Nordmazedonien
8. Greek: Bóρεια Mακεδoνια
9. Icelandic: Norður -Makedónía
10. Italian: Macedonia del Nord
11. Macedonian: Северна Македонија
12. Norwegian: Nord-Makedonia
13. Portuguese: Macedônia do Norte
14. Russian: Северная Македония
15. Serbian: Северна Македонија
16. Spanish: Macedonia del Norte
17. Swedish: Nordmakedonien
18. Turkish: Kuzey Makedonya

Origin of name: 

from ethnic name Makedon, probably related to Ancient Greek makednos: extended, broad

Primary subdivisions: 

North Macedonia is divided into 80 opštini (sing. opština: municipalities).

Municipality	HASC	ISO	GEC	Population	Area(km.²)
Aerodrom *	MK.AD	801	MKF3	.	21.85
Aračinovo	MK.AR	802	MK01	13,192	31.30
Berovo	MK.BR	201	MK04	13,137	598.07
Bitola	MK.TL	501	MK06	92,777	787.95
Bogdanci	MK.BG	401	MK08	8,329	114.54
Bogovinje	MK.VJ	601	MKC7	30,503	141.65
Bosilovo	MK.BS	402	MK11	14,115	161.99
Brvenica	MK.BN	602	MK12	16,491	164.30
Butel *	MK.BU	803	MKF4	.	54.79
Čair *	MK.CI	815	MKC8	.	3.52
Čaška	MK.CA	109	MKC9	7,888	819.45
Centar *	MK.CE	814	MKD1	320,150	7.52
Centar Župa	MK.CZ	313	MK18	6,990	107.21
Češinovo-Obleševo	MK.CH	210	MK19	7,104	132.20
Čučer-Sandevo	MK.CS	816	MK20	9,744	240.78
Debar	MK.DB	303	MKD2	20,527	145.67
Debrca	MK.DA	304	MKF5	4,185	425.39
Delčevo	MK.DL	203	MK22	16,594	422.39
Demir Hisar	MK.DM	502	MKD3	8,555	480.13
Demir Kapija	MK.DK	103	MK25	4,119	311.06
Dojran	MK.SD	406	MKE5	3,344	129.16
Dolneni	MK.DE	503	MK28	13,962	412.43
Gazi Baba *	MK.GB	804	MK32	76,310	110.86
Gevgelija	MK.GV	405	MK33	22,831	483.43
Gjorče Petrov *	MK.GP	805	MK29	42,081	66.93
Gostivar	MK.GT	604	MKD4	83,129	513.39
Gradsko	MK.GR	102	MK35	3,584	236.19
Ilinden	MK.IL	807	MK36	16,736	97.02
Jegunovce	MK.JG	606	MKD5	10,765	176.93
Karbinci	MK.KB	205	MK40	4,038	229.70
Karpoš *	MK.KX	808	MK41	60,550	35.21
Kavadarci	MK.AV	104	MKD6	38,951	992.44
Kičevo	MK.KV (1)	307	MK43	57,124	823.68
Kisela Voda *	MK.VD	809	MK44	.	34.24
Kočani	MK.OC	206	MK46	38,004	360.36
Konče	MK.KN	407	MK47	3,596	233.05
Kratovo	MK.KY	701	MK51	9,654	375.44
Kriva Palanka	MK.KZ	702	MK52	20,234	480.81
Krivogaštani	MK.KG	504	MK53	5,701	93.57
Kruševo	MK.KS	505	MK54	9,559	190.68
Kumanovo	MK.UM	703	MKD7	108,231	509.48
Lipkovo	MK.LI	704	MK59	29,605	267.82
Lozovo	MK.LO	105	MK60	2,616	166.32
Makedonska Kamenica	MK.MK	207	MK62	7,709	190.37
Makedonski Brod	MK.MD	308	MKD8	6,403	888.97
Mavrovo i Rostuše	MK.MR	607	MKE4	8,894	663.19
Mogila	MK.MG	506	MKD9	6,396	255.62
Negotino	MK.NG	106	MK69	19,401	426.46
Novaci	MK.NV	507	MKE1	3,246	753.53
Novo Selo	MK.NS	408	MK72	10,957	237.83
Ohrid	MK.OD	310	MKE2	52,734	389.93
Pehčevo	MK.PH	208	MK78	5,051	208.20
Petrovec	MK.PE	810	MK79	8,910	201.93
Plasnica	MK.PN	311	MK80	4,829	54.44
Prilep	MK.PP	508	MKE3	75,826	1194.44
Probištip	MK.PT	209	MK83	15,443	325.57
Radoviš	MK.RV	409	MK84	28,915	497.48
Rankovce	MK.RN	705	MK85	3,815	240.71
Resen	MK.RE	509	MK86	16,345	550.77
Rosoman	MK.RM	107	MK87	4,082	132.90
Saraj *	MK.AJ	811	MK90	39,729	229.06
Sopište	MK.SS	812	MK92	.	222.10
Staro Nagoričane	MK.NA	706	MK97	4,172	433.41
Štip	MK.ST	211	MK98	48,590	583.24
Struga	MK.UG	312	MKE6	65,060	483.00
Strumica	MK.RU	410	MKE7	56,615	321.49
Studeničani	MK.SU	813	MKA2	20,450	276.16
Šuto Orizari *	MK.SO	817	MKA3	.	7.48
Sveti Nikole	MK.SL	108	MKA4	17,968	482.89
Tearce	MK.TR	608	MKA5	22,840	136.54
Tetovo	MK.ET	609	MKE8	90,800	261.89
Valandovo	MK.VA	403	MKE9	11,883	331.40
Vasilevo	MK.VL	404	MKA9	12,798	230.40
Veles	MK.VE	101	MKF1	54,878	427.45
Vevčani	MK.VV	301	MKB3	2,473	22.80
Vinica	MK.NI	202	MKF2	19,504	432.67
Vrapčište	MK.VH	603	MKB7	27,224	157.98
Zelenikovo	MK.ZK	806	MKC2	4,662	176.95
Želino	MK.ZE	605	MKC3	27,329	201.04
Zrnovci	MK.ZR	204	MKC6	3,096	55.82
80 municipalities				2,064,032	25,448
Municipality: The 10 municipalities marked with asterisks equate to the City of Skopje. HASC: Hierarchical administrative subdivision codes. ISO: Codes from ISO 3166-2; changed codes to match the planning regions (2020-03-02). GEC: "Geopolitical Entities and Codes." The former FIPS code is no longer used. Population: 2013-06-30 estimate. Area: Total area includes 571 sq.km. of inland water.

Postal codes: 

When the territory now known as North Macedonia first gained independence from Yugoslavia, it continued to use the old Yugoslav postal codes. They were five digits, and for locations in North Macedonia, the first digit was 9. More recently, North Macedonia has begun to use four-digit postal codes. For international mail, especially from Europe, it is optional to prefix the postal code with MK- or MAK-.

Further subdivisions:

1. In 1968, Skopje commune is shown divided into three parts: Idadija, Kale, and Kisela Voda.
2. In 1994, Skopje municipality is shown divided into five parts: Čair, Centar, Gazi Baba, Karpoš, and Kisela Voda.

Territorial extent: 

The UN LOCODE page  for North Macedonia lists locations in the country, some of them with their latitudes and longitudes, some with their ISO 3166-2 codes for their subdivisions. This information can be put together to approximate the territorial extent of subdivisions.

Change history: 

1. I've made use of the chronology found in source [7].
2. The territory of Macedonia was parts of the Turkish provinces of Kosovo, Monastir, and Saloniki before 1913. From 1918 to 1945 it was part of Serbia within Yugoslavia.
3. 1945: Macedonia became a republic of Yugoslavia, subdivided into the kotari (regions) of Bitola, Kumanovo, Ohrid, Skopje, Štip, Tetovo, and Titov Veles. The Ministry site disagrees. It says that by a 1945 law, Macedonia was divided into four okruzi (regions), 32 okolii, and 894 local people's committees.
4. 1952-1955: Regions abolished and replaced by opštini (communes).
5. 1952: Number of opshtini retuced from 223 to 86, and of okolii from 18 to 7.
6. 1957: Number of opshtini reduced to 73.
7. 1965: New law reduced the number of opshtini to 32, and abolished the okolii.
8. 1976: Macedonia had 34 opshtini, including Centar, Čair, Gazi Baba, Karpoš, and Kisela Voda. The latter five, considered as a unit, formed Skopje City, which had the special status of opshtini-like political union (opštestveno-politička zaednica).

Commune	HASC	Population	Area(km.²)	Area(mi.²)
Berovo	MK.BV	19,737	807	312
Bitola	MK.BT	106,012	1,699	656
Brod	MK.BD	10,912	924	357
Debar	MK.DB	26,449	264	102
Delčevo	MK.DC	25,052	585	226
Demir Hisar	MK.DH	10,321	431	166
Gevgelija	MK.GG	34,767	757	292
Gostivar	MK.GS	108,189	1,356	524
Kavadarci	MK.KA	41,801	1,134	438
Kičevo	MK.KI	53,044	852	329
Kočani	MK.KO	48,105	571	220
Kratovo	MK.KY	10,855	376	145
Kriva Palanka	MK.KP	25,112	720	278
Kruševo	MK.KR	11,981	201	78
Kumanovo	MK.KU	126,543	1,190	459
Negotino	MK.NE	23,094	736	284
Ohrid	MK.OH	60,841	1,031	398
Prilep	MK.PL	93,248	1,824	704
Probištip	MK.PS	16,375	326	126
Radoviš	MK.RA	30,375	736	284
Resen	MK.RE	17,467	739	285
Skopje	MK.SK	541,280	1,840	710
Štip	MK.SP	50,531	810	313
Struga	MK.SG	62,305	541	209
Strumica	MK.SM	89,759	953	368
Sveti Nikole	MK.SN	21,391	645	249
Tetovo	MK.TE	174,748	1,080	417
Titov Veles	MK.TV	65,523	1,536	593
Valandovo	MK.VA	12,049	331	128
Vinica	MK.VI	19,010	438	169
30 communes		1,936,876	25,433	9,819
HASC: Hierarchical administrative subdivision codes. Population: 1994-06-20 census (source [8]). Capitals have the same name as their municipalities.

1. Note: In the above table, I originally assigned Kratovo a HASC code of MK.KT. I have changed it to MK.KY because it appears to have the same boundaries as the municipality called Kratovo after 1996.
2. 1991-11-20: New constitution specified a division into municipalities, equivalent to the former communes, with the City of Skopje as a special unit.
3. 1996-09: Macedonia reorganized into 123 opštini (sing. opština: municipalities), as shown in the following table, by a Law on Territorial Division.

Municipality	HASC	FIPS	Pop-2002	Pop-1994	Area(km.²)	Old	New
Aračinovo	MK.AR	MK01	11,992	9,960	38	SK	AR
Bač	MK.BA	MK02	755	963	238	BT	NV
Belčišta	MK.BE	MK03	2,940	3,354	363	OH	DA
Berovo	MK.BR	MK04	13,941	14,179	597	BV	BR
Bistrica	MK.BI	MK05	5,042	5,779	234	BT	TL
Bitola	MK.BO	MK06	86,408	86,176	236	BT	TL
Blatec	MK.BL	MK07	2,024	2,005	97	VI	NI
Bogdanci	MK.BG	MK08	8,707	8,899	114	GG	BG
Bogomila	MK.BM	MK09	1,252	1,336	262	TV	CA
Bogovinje	MK.BJ	MK10	14,555	13,001	71	TE	VJ
Bosilovo	MK.BS	MK11	12,457	12,476	143	SM	BS
Brvenica	MK.BN	MK12	15,855	14,793	164	TE	BN
Čair *	MK.CR	MK13	68,395	63,375	53	SK	BU,CI
Capari	MK.CP	MK14	1,424	1,793	164	BT	TL
Čaška	MK.CK	MK15	2,878	2,876	231	TV	CA
Čegrane	MK.CG	MK16	12,310	11,746	69	GS	GT
Centar *	MK.CE	MK17	82,604	85,021	9	SK	CE
Centar Župa	MK.CZ	MK18	6,299	62,006	107	DB	CZ
Češinovo	MK.CN	MK19	2,419	2,540	51	KO	CH
Čučer-Sandevo	MK.CS	MK20	8,493	8,064	215	SK	CS
Debar	MK.DB	MK21	17,952	175,886	85	DB	DB
Delčevo	MK.DL	MK22	17,505	17,726	423	DC	DL
Delogoždi	MK.DG	MK23	7,884	6,561	56	SG	UG
Demir Hisar	MK.DX	MK24	7,178	7,616	219	DH	DM
Demir Kapija	MK.DK	MK25	4,545	4,815	312	NE	DK
Dobruševo	MK.DO	MK26	2,174	2,379	98	BT	MG
Dolna Banjica	MK.DJ	MK27	9,467	7,791	55	GS	GT
Dolneni	MK.DN	MK28	11,583	11,705	390	PL	DE
Ðorče Petrov *	MK.GP	MK29	41,490	37,961	63	SK	GP
Drugovo	MK.DR	MK30	3,249	3,555	383	KI	DR
Džepčište	MK.DZ	MK31	7,919	7,286	32	TE	ET
Gazi Baba *	MK.GB	MK32	72,222	67,664	92	SK	GB
Gevgelija	MK.GE	MK33	20,362	19,488	317	GG	GV
Gostivar	MK.GO	MK34	49,545	45,740	50	GS	GT
Gradsko	MK.GR	MK35	3,760	3,822	291	TV	GR
Ilinden	MK.IL	MK36	15,894	14,512	97	SK	IL
Izvor	MK.IZ	MK37	1,049	1,157	234	TV	CA
Jegunovce	MK.JE	MK38	7,227	7,013	78	TE	JG
Kamenjane	MK.KJ	MK39	14,442	12,136	70	TE	VJ
Karbinci	MK.KB	MK40	4,012	4,342	231	SP	KB
Karpoš *	MK.KX	MK41	59,810	58,359	21	SK	KX
Kavadarci	MK.KD	MK42	38,391	37,189	392	KA	AV
Kičevo	MK.KH	MK43	30,138	27,543	48	KI	KH
Kisela Voda *	MK.KV	MK44	125,379	118,079	43	SK	AD,VD
Klečevce	MK.KL	MK45	1,609	2,162	164	KU	NA
Kočani	MK.KC	MK46	33,689	32,051	229	KO	OC
Konče	MK.KN	MK47	3,536	3,713	233	RA	KN
Kondovo	MK.KW	MK48	11,155	9,840	74	SK	AJ
Konopište	MK.KF	MK49	350	510	606	KA	AV
Kosel	MK.KE	MK50	1,369	1,759	182	OH	OD
Kratovo	MK.KY	MK51	10,441	10,898	375	KY	KY
Kriva Palanka	MK.KZ	MK52	20,820	20,782	482	KP	KZ
Krivogaštani	MK.KG	MK53	6,007	6,312	88	PL	KG
Kruševo	MK.KS	MK54	9,684	9,821	190	KR	KS
Kukliš	MK.KK	MK55	4,449	4,682	125	SM	RU
Kukurečani	MK.KQ	MK56	2,511	2,859	156	BT	TL
Kumanovo	MK.KM	MK57	103,205	94,589	297	KU	UM
Labuništa	MK.LA	MK58	8,935	9,312	57	SG	UG
Lipkovo	MK.LI	MK59	27,058	24,351	270	KU	LI
Lozovo	MK.LO	MK60	2,858	2,916	166	SN	LO
Lukovo	MK.LU	MK61	1,509	1,932	197	SG	UG
Makedonska Kamenica	MK.MK	MK62	8,110	8,084	189	DC	MK
Makedonski Brod	MK.MB	MK63	5,588	5,517	403	BD	MD
Mavrovi Anovi	MK.MA	MK64	984	1,349	484	GS	MR
Mešeišta	MK.ME	MK65	2,567	2,918	60	OH	DA
Miravci	MK.MI	MK66	2,626	2,779	167	GG	GV
Mogila	MK.MO	MK67	4,536	4,954	157	BT	MG
Murtino	MK.MU	MK68	6,544	6,230	52	SM	RU
Negotino	MK.NG	MK69	19,212	18,341	414	NE	NG
Negotino-Pološko	MK.NP	MK70	16,813	14,992	98	GS	VH
Novaci	MK.NO	MK71	2,478	2,844	186	BT	NV
Novo Selo	MK.NS	MK72	11,966	12,382	257	SM	NS
Obleševo	MK.OB	MK73	5,071	5,356	82	KO	CH
Ohrid	MK.OX	MK74	54,380	52,732	210	OH	OD
Orašac	MK.OR	MK75	1,252	1,638	135	KU	UM
Orizari	MK.OZ	MK76	4,403	4,724	128	KO	OC
Oslomej	MK.OS	MK77	10,425	9,170	137	KI	OS
Pehčevo	MK.PH	MK78	5,517	5,650	208	BV	PH
Petrovec	MK.PE	MK79	8,255	8,123	222	SK	PE
Plasnica	MK.PN	MK80	4,545	4,449	54	BD	PN
Podareš	MK.PO	MK81	3,746	3,669	128	RA	RV
Prilep	MK.PR	MK82	73,351	71,899	544	PL	PP
Probištip	MK.PB	MK83	12,765	12,963	205	PS	PT
Radoviš	MK.RD	MK84	24,498	23,143	374	RA	RV
Rankovce	MK.RN	MK85	4,144	4,347	240	KP	RN
Resen	MK.RE	MK86	16,825	17,681	549	RE	RE
Rosoman	MK.RM	MK87	4,141	4,238	133	KA	RM
Rostuša	MK.RT	MK88	9,451	10,366	372	GS	MR
Samokov	MK.SA	MK89	1,553	2,057	472	BD	MD
Saraj	MK.SJ	MK90	24,253	21,302	156	SK	AJ
Šipkovica	MK.SI	MK91	7,820	6,797	145	TE	ET
Sopište	MK.SS	MK92	9,522	9,684	223	SK	SS
Sopotnica	MK.SC	MK93	2,319	2,994	261	DH	DM
Srbinovo	MK.SB	MK94	3,709	3,951	112	GS	GT
Staravina	MK.SV	MK95	316	456	331	BT	NV
Star Dojran	MK.SD	MK96	3,426	3,651	129	GG	SD
Staro Nagoričane	MK.SE	MK97	4,258	5,074	351	KU	NA
Štip	MK.ST	MK98	47,796	46,372	583	SP	ST
Struga	MK.SQ	MK99	36,892	35,509	136	SG	UG
Strumica	MK.SR	MKA1	45,087	43,868	134	SM	RU
Studeničani	MK.SU	MKA2	17,246	14,747	276	SK	SU
Šuto Orizari *	MK.SO	MKA3	17,357	14,301	6	SK	SO
Sveti Nikole	MK.SL	MKA4	18,497	18,528	483	SN	SL
Tearce	MK.TR	MKA5	22,454	20,797	137	TE	TR
Tetovo	MK.TT	MKA6	70,841	65,318	85	TE	ET
Topolčani	MK.TO	MKA7	2,923	3,385	159	PL	PP
Valandovo	MK.VA	MKA8	11,890	12,092	331	VA	VA
Vasilevo	MK.VL	MKA9	12,122	11,409	231	SM	VL
Veles	MK.VE	MKB1	57,602	56,751	518	TV	VE
Velešta	MK.VS	MKB2	8,156	6,917	23	SG	UG
Vevčani	MK.VV	MKB3	2,433	2,448	35	SG	VV
Vinica	MK.VN	MKB4	17,914	17,058	335	VI	NI
Vitolište	MK.VT	MKB5	494	882	495	PL	PP
Vraneštica	MK.VC	MKB6	1,322	1,650	109	KI	VC
Vrapčište	MK.VP	MKB7	8,586	8,416	59	GS	VH
Vratnica	MK.VR	MKB8	3,563	3,270	96	TE	JG
Vrutok	MK.VK	MKB9	5,999	5,460	89	GS	GT
Zajas	MK.ZA	MKC1	11,605	10,055	161	KI	ZA
Zelenikovo	MK.ZK	MKC2	4,077	4,236	177	SK	ZK
Želino	MK.ZE	MKC3	24,390	21,760	201	TE	ZE
Žitoše	MK.ZI	MKC4	2,128	2,116	28	KR	DE
Zletovo	MK.ZL	MKC5	3,428	3,687	121	PS	PT
Zrnovci	MK.ZR	MKC6	3,264	3,344	52	KO	ZR
123 municipalities			2,022,547	1,945,932	25,713
Municipality: The seven municipalities marked with an asterisk constitute Greater Skopje. HASC: Hierarchical administrative subdivision codes. FIPS: Codes from FIPS PUB 10-4. Pop-1994: 1994-06-20 census (source [9]). Pop-2002: 2002-10-31 census. Old: Pre-1996 municipality from which this division was taken (end of HASC). New: Post-2004 municipality to which this division belongs (end of HASC).

1. This Macedonian government webpage , and its Macedonian language version , list the country divisions at NUTS levels 3, 4, and 5. The NUTS-3 divisions are eight arbitrary statistical regions. The NUTS-4 divisions are the same as the thirty communes from the period before 1996, except that Skopje is replaced by five NUTS-4 divisions: Čair, Centar, Gazi Baba, Karpoš, and Kisela Voda. The NUTS-5 divisions are the 123 municipalities. However, these documents don't give the specific NUTS codes used. (This link is dead, and we do not have a replacement yet).
2. 2004-08-11: Law on Territorial Organization passed by Parliament (and published in official gazette on 2004-08-16), reorganizing Macedonia into 84 municipalities, as shown under Primary subdivisions. In most cases, the new municipalities are equal to one or several of the old ones, but Butel municipality was split from Čair and Aerodrom municipality from Kisela Voda.
3. With one exception, each of the 84 municipalities is a subset of one of the thirty pre-1996 communes. The exception is Dolneni (HASC code MK.DE). It consists of two 1996-2004-era municipalities: Dolneni (MK.DN) and Žitoše (MK.ZI). Going back before 1996, those areas were in Prilep (MK.PL) and Kruševo (MK.KR), respectively.
4. 2019-02-12: The Republic of North Macedonia notified the UN of its name change, in accordance with the Prespa Agreement which was agreed upon by Greece and former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) on 2018-06-12.

Other names of subdivisions: 

The Macedonian language is written in the Cyrillic alphabet, so the usual vagaries of transliteration are found. For example, č and š may be transliterated as c and s, or as ch and sh.

1. Bitola: Bitolia, Monastir (obsolete)
2. Brod: Makedonska Brod (variant)
3. Demir Hisar: Murgaševo (variant)
4. Džepčište: Dzhepishte (variant)
5. Gevgelija: Djevdjelija (variant)
6. Gostivar: Kostovo (obsolete)
7. Ohrid: Ochrida, Okhrida (obsolete)
8. Skopje: Skopie (Spanish); Skoplie, Üskub, Uskup (obsolete); Skoplje (Dutch, Spanish)
9. Štip: Ishtip, Istib (obsolete)
10. Titov Veles: Veles (variant)

Sources: 

1. [1] Mardešić, Petar, and Zvonimir Dugački. Geografski Atlas Jugoslavije. Zagreb: Znanje, 1961.
2. [2] Mardešić, Petar, and Oto Oppitz. Jugoslavenski Leksikografski Zavod. Zagreb, 1969.
3. [3] Territory and Administration in Europe. Robert Bennett, ed. Pinter Publishers, London and New York, 1989.
4. [4] Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States 1992. Europa Publications Ltd., London, 1992.
5. [5] A UNEP report  on pollution in Macedonia contains several maps showing 29 "counties" (the pre-1996 divisions). The clearest is on page 40. Note: the missing county, Valandovo, is in the northeast part of Gevgelija. (Retrieved 2009-12-21; in Macedonian.)
6. [6] The Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in the Republic of Macedonia, 2002 - Book XIII , on the State Statistical Office website, lists 84 municipalities, and has a map of municipalities (page 7). (Retrieved 2009-12-21; bilingual.)
7. [7] Territorial chronology, Ministry of Local Government, http://www.mls.gov.mk/default.asp?id=teritorial (dead link, retrieved 2006-09-08). A copy can be found on the Internet Archive  site. I did my best to translate it from Macedonian. It lacks substantiating details, so there is no good way to settle discrepancies between the Ministry's information and other sources.
8. [8] "Ershiyi (21) Shiji Shijie Diming Lu". Beijing, 2001.
9. [9] Ministry of Local Self-Government . The figures shown in this source don't add up to the total given.
10. [10] UN Agreement 2018-06-12 . Instituting the name Republic of North Macedonia.
11. [11] ResearchGate . The ethnic structure of the population in the municipality of Kichevo and its territorial distribution.
12. [12] Wikipedia . Cesinovo-Oblesevo Municipality.
13. [13] State Statistical Office, Macedonia . Statistics.
14. [14] Official Gazette .
15. [15] Ministry of Local Self Government .