Gazi Baba Municipality

Gazi Baba (Macedonian: Гази Баба , Albanian: Gazi Babë) is one of the ten municipalities that make up the City of Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia.[1] The municipality administration consists of a council and mayor.[1]

Not to be confused with Ghazi Baba.
Municipality of Gazi Baba
Општина Гази Баба
Komuna e Gazi Babës
City municipality (Urban)
Flag of Municipality of Gazi Baba
Flag
Official logo of Municipality of Gazi Baba
Coat of arms
Location of Municipality of Gazi Baba
Coordinates: 42°1′N 21°27′E
Country North Macedonia
Region Skopje
Municipal seatSkopje
Government
 • MayorBoban Stefkovski (VMRO)
Population
 • Total69,626
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)

Name

The name of the municipality comes from the nickname of the Ottoman poet Aşık Çelebi. In Turkish, Gazi means "war veteran" and baba means "father".

Geography

The municipality borders Petrovec Municipality, Studeničani Municipality and Aerodrom Municipality to the south, Centar Municipality, Čair Municipality and Butel Municipality to the west, Lipkovo Municipality to the northeast, and Aračinovo Municipality and Ilinden Municipality to the east.

Demographics

According to the last national census from 2021, the municipality has 69,626 inhabitants making it the most populous municipality in Greater Skopje.[2] Ethnic groups in the municipality include:

2002 2021
Number % Number %
TOTAL 72,617 100 69,626 100
Macedonians 53,497 73.67 45,242 64.98
Albanians 12,502 17.21 14,146 20.32
Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources n/a n/a 5,002 7.18
Serbs 2,097 2.9 1,328 1.91
Roma 2,082 2.9 1,922 2.76
Bosniaks 710 1.0 753 1.08
Turks 606 0.8 468 0.67
Vlachs 236 0.3 185 0.27
others 887 1.2 580 0.83

Inhabited places

There are 15 inhabited places in this municipality.

Inhabited Places TotalMacedoniansAlbaniansTurksRomaVlachsSerbsBosniansOthers
Gazi Baba Municipality69,62645,24214,1464681,9221851,3287535,582
Brnjarci1.254460770---1-23
Bulačani1.1471.01511-1-4115
Čento7.8293296.98520--4296357
Creševo982911----8-63
Gazi Baba38.42628.8872.7754131.0991451.0266073.494
Goce Delčev1.4021.20571215-10495
Idrizovo1.8248267471511-929187
Indžikovo4.3242.9835273413324913305
Jurumleri3.2562.52254-342762-269
Raštak457430----2-25
Smilkovci371348------23
Stajkovci4.3942.8771.1176381261328
Stračinci1.1363417751----19
Trubarevo2.4701.77233484-852265
Viniče354336----4-14

Sports

Football clubs FK Skopje and FK Metalurg Skopje play their home games at the Železarnica Stadium in Gazi Baba.

References
  1. Ragaru, Nadege (2008). "The Political Uses and Social Lives of "National Heroes": Controversies over Skanderbeg's Statue in Skopje". Südosteuropa. 56 (4): 542–543. "Skopje encompasses ten municipalities (Aerodrom, Butel, Čair, Centar, Gazi Baba, Gjorče Petrov, Karpoš, Kisela Voda, Saraj, Šuto Orizari), which all have a mayor, a municipal council and the same prerogatives as other municipalities in the country."
  2. 2002 census results in English and Macedonian (PDF)
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