Gazi Baba Municipality

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Ghazi Baba.
Municipality of Gazi Baba

Општина Гази Баба
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; 21.450Coordinates: 42°1′N 21°27′E / 42.017°N 21.450°E / 42.017; 21.450
Country North Macedonia
RegionLogo of Skopje Region.svg Skopje
Municipal seatSkopje
Government
 • MayorBoris Georgievski (SDSM)
Population
 • Total72,617
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)

Gazi Baba (Macedonian: About this soundГази Баба (help·info), 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 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 clubs FK Skopje and FK Metalurg Skopje play their home games at the Železarnica Stadium in Gazi Baba.

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: 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)

External links[]

Retrieved from ""