Gazi Baba Municipality
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. 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.