Southwestern Region of North Macedonia

E466709

administrative region statistical region

The Southwestern Region of North Macedonia is an administrative area in the country known for its mountainous landscapes, lakes, and historic towns including the UNESCO-listed city of Ohrid.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Southwestern North Macedonia	5
Southwestern Statistical Region of North Macedonia	3
Southwestern Region of North Macedonia canonical	1
Western North Macedonia	1
southwestern North Macedonia	1
western North Macedonia	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4741747 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Southwestern Region of North Macedonia
Context triple: [Ohrid, locatedIn, Southwestern Region of North Macedonia]

A. Western Macedonia
Western Macedonia is an administrative region in northern Greece known for its mountainous landscapes, lakes, and significant energy production from lignite and hydroelectric power.
B. Central Macedonia
Central Macedonia is a populous administrative region in northern Greece that includes the city of Thessaloniki and serves as a major economic and cultural hub.
C. Mavrovo region
The Mavrovo region is a mountainous area in western North Macedonia known for its national park, ski resort, and scenic landscapes surrounding Mavrovo Lake.
D. province of Macedonia
The province of Macedonia was a Roman administrative region in the Balkans that played a key role in Rome’s expansion into southeastern Europe.
E. Eastern Macedonia and Thrace
Eastern Macedonia and Thrace is an administrative region in northeastern Greece that borders Bulgaria and Turkey and includes part of the historical region of Macedonia.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Southwestern Region of North Macedonia
Target entity description: The Southwestern Region of North Macedonia is an administrative area in the country known for its mountainous landscapes, lakes, and historic towns including the UNESCO-listed city of Ohrid.

A. Western Macedonia
Western Macedonia is an administrative region in northern Greece known for its mountainous landscapes, lakes, and significant energy production from lignite and hydroelectric power.
B. Central Macedonia
Central Macedonia is a populous administrative region in northern Greece that includes the city of Thessaloniki and serves as a major economic and cultural hub.
C. Mavrovo region
The Mavrovo region is a mountainous area in western North Macedonia known for its national park, ski resort, and scenic landscapes surrounding Mavrovo Lake.
D. province of Macedonia
The province of Macedonia was a Roman administrative region in the Balkans that played a key role in Rome’s expansion into southeastern Europe.
E. Eastern Macedonia and Thrace
Eastern Macedonia and Thrace is an administrative region in northeastern Greece that borders Bulgaria and Turkey and includes part of the historical region of Macedonia.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	administrative region ⓘ statistical region ⓘ
bordersCountry	Albania NERFINISHED ⓘ Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ
bordersRegion	Pelagonia Statistical Region NERFINISHED ⓘ Polog Statistical Region NERFINISHED ⓘ Skopje Statistical Region NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsCity	Kičevo NERFINISHED ⓘ Ohrid NERFINISHED ⓘ Struga NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsLake	Lake Debar NERFINISHED ⓘ Lake Ohrid NERFINISHED ⓘ Lake Prespa NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsMountainRange	Bistra Mountain NERFINISHED ⓘ Jablanica Mountain NERFINISHED ⓘ Stogovo Mountain NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsMunicipality	Centar Župa Municipality NERFINISHED ⓘ Debar Municipality NERFINISHED ⓘ Debarca Municipality NERFINISHED ⓘ Drugovo Municipality NERFINISHED ⓘ Kičevo Municipality NERFINISHED ⓘ Makedonski Brod Municipality NERFINISHED ⓘ Ohrid Municipality NERFINISHED ⓘ Plasnica Municipality NERFINISHED ⓘ Struga Municipality NERFINISHED ⓘ Vraneshtica Municipality NERFINISHED ⓘ Zajas Municipality NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsProtectedArea	Galičica National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ Mavrovo National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsTown	Debar NERFINISHED ⓘ Kičevo NERFINISHED ⓘ Ohrid NERFINISHED ⓘ Struga NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	North Macedonia NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCapital	Ohrid NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLandscape	lake shores ⓘ mountainous terrain ⓘ
hasUNESCOSite	Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid Region NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	UNESCO World Heritage city of Ohrid NERFINISHED ⓘ historic towns ⓘ lakeside resorts ⓘ mountain hiking ⓘ tourism ⓘ
locatedIn	North Macedonia NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOnContinent	Europe ⓘ
partOf	Republic of North Macedonia NERFINISHED ⓘ
timeZone	Central European Time ⓘ
timeZoneDST	Central European Summer Time NERFINISHED ⓘ

How these facts were elicited