Gazi Baba, Skopje
Gazi Baba (Macedonian: Гази Баба, Albanian: Gazi Babë) is a neighbourhood in the City of Skopje, North Macedonia, and the seat of Gazi Baba Municipality.
Demographics
According to the 2021 census, the town had a total of 38.426 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the town include:
- Macedonians 28.887
- Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 3,064
- Albanians 2,755
- Romani 1,099
- Serbs 1,026
- Bosniaks 607
- Others 430
- Turks 413
- Vlachs 145
| Year | Macedonian | Albanian | Turks | Romani | Vlachs | Serbs | Bosniaks | Others | Persons for whom data are taken from admin. sources | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 13,254 | 523 | 131 | 246 | 67 | 656 | 83 | 222 | n/a | 15,182 |
| 2021 | 28,887 | 2.755 | 413 | 1,099 | 145 | 1,026 | 607 | 430 | 3,064 | 38,426 |
Gazi Baba has a mixed population that includes minorities of Romani and Turks, yet the neighborhood is associated with Albanians in North Macedonia.
References
- ^ Macedonian Census (2021), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2021
- ^ Ragaru, Nadege (2008). "The Political Uses and Social Lives of "National Heroes": Controversies over Skanderbeg's Statue in Skopje". Südosteuropa. 56 (4): 536. "Skopje is indeed spread over both sides of the Vardar river. Although the neighborhoods that lie northeast of the river (Butel, Čair/Çair, Gazi Baba, Suto Orizari) have mixed populations including representatives of the Turkish and Roma minorities, they tend to be associated with the Albanians."
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