Gazi Baba Municipality

Gazi Baba (Macedonian: Гази Баба , is one of the ten municipalities that make up the City of Skopje, the capital of the Republic 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
City municipality (Urban)
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Coat of arms
Coordinates: 42°1′N 21°27′E
Country North Macedonia
RegionSkopje Statistical Region
Municipal seatSkopje
Government
 • MayorBoris Georgievski (SDSM)
Population
 • Total72,617
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 2002, the municipality has 72,617 inhabitants making it the most populous municipality in Greater Skopje.[2] Ethnic groups in the municipality include:

  • Macedonians = 53,497 (73.67%)
  • Albanians = 12,502 (17.21%)
  • Serbs = 2,097 (2.9%)
  • Roma = 2,082 (2.9%)
  • Bosniaks = 710 (1.0%)
  • Turks = 606 (0.8%)
  • Vlachs = 236 (0.3%)
  • others = 887 (1.2%)

Sports

Football club FK Metalurg Skopje played 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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link) "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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