Gazi Baba municipality
Encyclopedia
Gazi Baba is one of the ten municipalities that make up the city of Skopje
, the capital of the Republic of Macedonia
.
, Gazi means "war veteran" and baba means "father".
, 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.
Skopje
Skopje is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Macedonia with about a third of the total population. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre...
, the capital of the Republic of Macedonia
Republic of Macedonia
Macedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...
.
Name
The name of the municipality comes from the nickname of the Ottoman poet Aṣik Çelebi. In TurkishTurkish language
Turkish is a language spoken as a native language by over 83 million people worldwide, making it the most commonly spoken of the Turkic languages. Its speakers are located predominantly in Turkey and Northern Cyprus with smaller groups in Iraq, Greece, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo,...
, Gazi means "war veteran" and baba means "father".
Geography
The municipality borders Petrovec MunicipalityPetrovec municipality
The Municipality of Petrovec is a municipality in northern Republic of Macedonia, near the capital Skopje. Petrovec is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found...
, Studeničani Municipality
Studenicani municipality
Studeničani is a municipality in central Republic of Macedonia. Studeničani is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found...
and Aerodrom Municipality to the south, Centar Municipality, Čair Municipality
Cair municipality
Čair is one of the ten municipalities that make up the city of Skopje, the capital of the Republic of Macedonia. Skopje's old town is located in Čair.- Geography :...
and Butel Municipality
Butel municipality
Butel is one of the ten municipalities that make up the city of Skopje, the capital of the Republic of Macedonia.A cemetery in Butel is where the grave of George Zorbas, the character upon whom Nikos Kazantzakis based the fictional Alexis Zorbas of his novel Zorba the Greek, is...
to the west, Lipkovo Municipality
Lipkovo municipality
Lipkovo is a municipality in northern Republic of Macedonia. Lipkovo is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found. Lipkovo Municipality is part of the Northeastern Statistical Region.-Geography:...
to the northeast, and Aračinovo Municipality
Aracinovo municipality
Aračinovo is a municipality in northern Republic of Macedonia. Aračinovo is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found. The municipality is located in the Skopje Statistical Region.-Geography:...
and Ilinden Municipality
Ilinden municipality
Ilinden is a municipality in northern Republic of Macedonia. Ilinden is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found. It is named after the Ilinden Uprising in the region of Macedonia in 1903...
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. Ethnic groups in the municipality include:- Macedonians = 53,497 (73.7%)
- Albanians = 12,502 (17.2%)
- 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%)