Gazi Baba municipality

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 / 42.017°N 21.450°E / 42.017; 21.450
Country North Macedonia
Region Skopje
Municipal seatSkopje
Government
 • MayorBoban Stefkovski (VMRO)
Population
 • Total69,626
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)

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]

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

Religious affiliation

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

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

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

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

References

  1. ^ 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."
  2. ^ 2002 census results in English and Macedonian (PDF)

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