Gazi Baba (, ) is one of the ten municipalities that make up the City of Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia. The municipality administration consists of a council and mayor. "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."
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 2021 North Macedonia census, Gazi Baba municipality has 69,626 inhabitants, making it the most populous municipality in Greater Skopje.2002 census results in English and Macedonian (PDF) Ethnic groups in the municipality include: 20022021Number%Number%TOTAL72,61710069,626100Macedonians53,49773.6745,24264.98Albanians12,50217.214,14620.32Roma2,0822.871,9222.76Serbs2,0972.891,3281.91Bosniaks7100.987531.08Turks6060.834680.67Vlachs2360.321850.27Other / Undeclared / Unknown8871.225800.83Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources5,0027.18
Religious affiliation Religion according to the 2002 Macedonia census and 2021 North Macedonia census: 20022021Number%Number%TOTAL72,61710069,626100Orthodox54,63775.238,11667.2Christians140.028,518Catholics2480.34148Islam15,96822.017,47625.1Others1,7500.623660.53Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sourcesn/an/a5,0027.18
Demographic trends Live births by ethnic affiliation of mother, 2010-2022
MacedoniansAlbaniansTurksSerbsRomaBosniaksOthersTOTALYearBirths%Births%Births%Births%Births%Births%Births%Births201053660.9124027.2740.4560.68768.6460.68121.36880201149858.1824728.8670.8291.05677.8391.05192.22856201252360.1826029.9250.5891.04576.5680.9270.81869201349956.1328732.2880.9040.45697.7680.90141.57889201451358.4928232.1650.5720.23616.9640.46101.14877201549461.7523128.8881.0020.25465.7570.88121.50800201654362.4924227.8540.4670.81525.9891.04121.38869201742856.3925233.2040.5350.66425.5360.79222.90759201846761.2122429.3630.3950.66506.5581.0560.79763201942460.4921730.9640.5720.29436.1350.7160.86701202044759.7623631.5550.6730.40435.7570.9470.94748202141959.6021931.1520.2830.43466.54101.4240.577032022 394 59.70 203 30.76 6 0.91 6 0.91 33 5.00 10 1.52 8 1.21660202335554.0323235.3171.0730.46507.6140.6160.91657
Inhabited places
There are 15 inhabited places in this municipality.
Inhabited PlacesTotalMacedoniansAlbaniansTurksRomaVlachsSerbsBosniansOthers 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
External links
Official website