Gazi Baba, Skopje Explained

Gazi Baba
Official Name:	Гази Баба
Native Name:	Gazi Babë
Settlement Type:	Neighbourhood
Pushpin Map:	Republic of North Macedonia
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location within Republic of North Macedonia
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Type1:	Region
Subdivision Name1:	Skopje
Subdivision Type2:	Municipality
Subdivision Name2:	Gazi Baba
Population As Of:	2021
Population Total:	38426
Timezone:	CET
Utc Offset:	+1
Timezone Dst:	CEST
Utc Offset Dst:	+2
Coordinates:	41.9969°N 21.4799°W
Postal Code Type:	Postal code
Website:	.
Blank Name:	Car plates
Blank Info:	SK

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. 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]

Notes and References

Macedonian Census (2021), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2021
Ragaru. Nadege. The Political Uses and Social Lives of "National Heroes": Controversies over Skanderbeg's Statue in Skopje. Südosteuropa. 56. 4. 2008. 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."