Gazi Baba, Skopje

Gazi Baba Gazi Babë
Neighbourhood
Гази Баба
Gazi Baba Location within Republic of North Macedonia
Coordinates: 41.996941°N 21.479881°E / 41.996941; 21.479881
Country	North Macedonia
Region	Skopje
Municipality	Gazi Baba
Population  (2021)
• Total	38,426
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Car plates	SK
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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.[1] Ethnic groups in the town include:[1]

• 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.[2]

References

1. Macedonian Census (2021), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2021
2. 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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