Gazi Baba (Macedonian: ⓘ, 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]
Municipality of Gazi Baba
Општина Гази Баба Komuna e Gazi Babës | |
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City municipality (Urban) | |
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| Coordinates: 42°1′N 21°27′E / 42.017°N 21.450°E | |
| Country |  North Macedonia |
| Region |  Skopje |
| Municipal seat | Skopje |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Boban Stefkovski (VMRO) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 69,626 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
Name edit
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 edit
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 edit
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 |
Religious affiliation edit
Religion according to the 2002 and 2021 Macedonian censuses:
| 2002 | 2021 | |||
| Number | % | Number | % | |
| TOTAL | 72,617 | 100 | 69,626 | 100 |
| Orthodox | 54,637 | 75.2 | 38,116 | 67.2 |
| Christians | 14 | 0.02 | 8,518 | |
| Catholics | 248 | 0.34 | 148 | |
| Islam | 15,968 | 22.0 | 17,476 | 25.1 |
| others | 1750 | 0.62 | 366 | 0.53 |
| Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources | n/a | 5,002 | 7.18 | |
Demographic Trends edit
| Macedonians | Albanians | Turks | Serbs | Roma | Bosniaks | others | TOTAL | ||||||||
| Year | Births | % | Births | % | Births | % | Births | % | Births | % | Births | % | Births | % | Births |
| 2010 | 536 | 60.91 | 240 | 27.27 | 4 | 0.45 | 6 | 0.68 | 76 | 8.64 | 6 | 0.68 | 12 | 1.36 | 880 |
| 2011 | 498 | 58.18 | 247 | 28.86 | 7 | 0.82 | 9 | 1.05 | 67 | 7.83 | 9 | 1.05 | 19 | 2.22 | 856 |
| 2012 | 523 | 60.18 | 260 | 29.92 | 5 | 0.58 | 9 | 1.04 | 57 | 6.56 | 8 | 0.92 | 7 | 0.81 | 869 |
| 2013 | 499 | 56.13 | 287 | 32.28 | 8 | 0.90 | 4 | 0.45 | 69 | 7.76 | 8 | 0.90 | 14 | 1.57 | 889 |
| 2014 | 513 | 58.49 | 282 | 32.16 | 5 | 0.57 | 2 | 0.23 | 61 | 6.96 | 4 | 0.46 | 10 | 1.14 | 877 |
| 2015 | 494 | 61.75 | 231 | 28.88 | 8 | 1.00 | 2 | 0.25 | 46 | 5.75 | 7 | 0.88 | 12 | 1.50 | 800 |
| 2016 | 543 | 62.49 | 242 | 27.85 | 4 | 0.46 | 7 | 0.81 | 52 | 5.98 | 9 | 1.04 | 12 | 1.38 | 869 |
| 2017 | 428 | 56.39 | 252 | 33.20 | 4 | 0.53 | 5 | 0.66 | 42 | 5.53 | 6 | 0.79 | 22 | 2.90 | 759 |
| 2018 | 467 | 61.21 | 224 | 29.36 | 3 | 0.39 | 5 | 0.66 | 50 | 6.55 | 8 | 1.05 | 6 | 0.79 | 763 |
| 2019 | 424 | 60.49 | 217 | 30.96 | 4 | 0.57 | 2 | 0.29 | 43 | 6.13 | 5 | 0.71 | 6 | 0.86 | 701 |
| 2020 | 447 | 59.76 | 236 | 31.55 | 5 | 0.67 | 3 | 0.40 | 43 | 5.75 | 7 | 0.94 | 7 | 0.94 | 748 |
| 2021 | 419 | 59.60 | 219 | 31.15 | 2 | 0.28 | 3 | 0.43 | 46 | 6.54 | 10 | 1.42 | 4 | 0.57 | 703 |
| 2022 | 394 | 59.70 | 203 | 30.76 | 6 | 0.91 | 6 | 0.91 | 33 | 5.00 | 10 | 1.52 | 8 | 1.21 | 660 |
Inhabited places edit
There are 15 inhabited places in this municipality.
| Inhabited Places | Total | Macedonians | Albanians | Turks | Roma | Vlachs | Serbs | Bosnians | Others |
| Gazi Baba Municipality | 69,626 | 45,242 | 14,146 | 468 | 1,922 | 185 | 1,328 | 753 | 5,582 |
| Brnjarci | 1.254 | 460 | 770 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 23 |
| Bulačani | 1.147 | 1.015 | 11 | - | 1 | - | 4 | 1 | 15 |
| Čento | 7.829 | 329 | 6.985 | 20 | - | - | 42 | 96 | 357 |
| Creševo | 982 | 911 | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | 63 |
| Gazi Baba | 38.426 | 28.887 | 2.775 | 413 | 1.099 | 145 | 1.026 | 607 | 3.494 |
| Goce Delčev | 1.402 | 1.205 | 71 | 2 | 15 | - | 10 | 4 | 95 |
| Idrizovo | 1.824 | 826 | 747 | 15 | 11 | - | 9 | 29 | 187 |
| Indžikovo | 4.324 | 2.983 | 527 | 3 | 413 | 32 | 49 | 13 | 305 |
| Jurumleri | 3.256 | 2.522 | 54 | - | 342 | 7 | 62 | - | 269 |
| Raštak | 457 | 430 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 25 |
| Smilkovci | 371 | 348 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 23 |
| Stajkovci | 4.394 | 2.877 | 1.117 | 6 | 38 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 328 |
| Stračinci | 1.136 | 341 | 775 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 19 |
| Trubarevo | 2.470 | 1.772 | 334 | 8 | 4 | - | 85 | 2 | 265 |
| Viniče | 354 | 336 | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | 14 |
Sports edit
Football clubs FK Skopje and FK Metalurg Skopje play their home games at the Železarnica Stadium in Gazi Baba.
References edit
- ^ a b 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."
- ^ 2002 census results in English and Macedonian (PDF)
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