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Gazi Baba, Skopje

Coordinates: 41°59′49″N 21°28′48″E / 41.996941°N 21.479881°E / 41.996941; 21.479881
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Gazi Baba
Gazi Babë
Neighbourhood
Гази Баба
Gazi Baba is located in North Macedonia
Gazi Baba
Gazi Baba
Location within Republic of North Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°59′49″N 21°28′48″E / 41.996941°N 21.479881°E / 41.996941; 21.479881
Country North Macedonia
Region Skopje
Municipality Gazi Baba
Population
 (2021)
 • Total38,426
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Car platesSK
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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

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According to the 2021 census, the town had a total of 38.426 inhabitants.[1] Ethnic groups in the town include:[1]

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

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  1. ^ a b 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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