Gazi Baba Municipality should not be confused with Ghazi Baba.
| Municipality of Gazi Baba | |
| Native Name: | Општина Гази Баба Komuna e Gazi Babës |
| Settlement Type: | City municipality (Urban) |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Skopje |
| Flag Size: | 160px |
| Image Blank Emblem: | Coat of arms of Gazi Baba Municipality.svg |
| Blank Emblem Type: | Coat of arms |
| Blank Emblem Size: | 100px |
| Seat Type: | Municipal seat |
| Seat: | Skopje |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Boban Stefkovski (VMRO) |
| Population Total: | 69,626 |
| Coordinates: | 42.0167°N 48°W |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
Gazi Baba (Macedonian: {{Audio|Mk-Gazi Baba.ogg|Гази Баба, Albanian: Gazi Babë) is one of the ten municipalities that make up the City of Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia. The municipality administration consists of a council and mayor.[1]
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".
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.
According to the last national census from 2021, the municipality has 69,626 inhabitants making it the most populous municipality in Greater Skopje.[2] Ethnic groups in the municipality include:
| 2002 | 2021 | |||
| Number | % | Number | % | |
| TOTAL | 72,617 | 100 | 69,626 | 100 |
| Macedonians | 53,497 | 73.67 | 45,242 | 64.98 |
| Albanians | 12,502 | 17.21 | 14,146 | 20.32 |
| Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources | n/a | n/a | 5,002 | 7.18 |
| Serbs | 2,097 | 2.9 | 1,328 | 1.91 |
| Roma | 2,082 | 2.9 | 1,922 | 2.76 |
| Bosniaks | 710 | 1.0 | 753 | 1.08 |
| Turks | 606 | 0.8 | 468 | 0.67 |
| Vlachs | 236 | 0.3 | 185 | 0.27 |
| others | 887 | 1.2 | 580 | 0.83 |
Religion according to the 2002 and 2021 Macedonian censuses:
| 2002 | 2021 | ||||
| Number | % | Number | % | ||
| TOTAL | 72,617 | 100 | 69,626 | 100 | |
| Orthodox | 54,637 | 75.2 | 38,116 | 67.2 | |
| Christians | 14 | 0.02 | 8,518 | ||
| Catholics | 248 | 0.34 | 148 | ||
| Islam | 15,968 | 22.0 | 17,476 | 25.1 | |
| others | 1750 | 0.62 | 366 | 0.53 | |
| Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources | n/a | 5,002 | 7.18 | ||
| Macedonians | Albanians | Turks | Serbs | Roma | Bosniaks | others | TOTAL | |||||||||
| Year | Births | % | Births | % | Births | % | Births | % | Births | % | Births | % | Births | % | Births | |
| 2010 | 536 | 60.91 | 240 | 27.27 | 4 | 0.45 | 6 | 0.68 | 76 | 8.64 | 6 | 0.68 | 12 | 1.36 | 880 | |
| 2011 | 498 | 58.18 | 247 | 28.86 | 7 | 0.82 | 9 | 1.05 | 67 | 7.83 | 9 | 1.05 | 19 | 2.22 | 856 | |
| 2012 | 523 | 60.18 | 260 | 29.92 | 5 | 0.58 | 9 | 1.04 | 57 | 6.56 | 8 | 0.92 | 7 | 0.81 | 869 | |
| 2013 | 499 | 56.13 | 287 | 32.28 | 8 | 0.90 | 4 | 0.45 | 69 | 7.76 | 8 | 0.90 | 14 | 1.57 | 889 | |
| 2014 | 513 | 58.49 | 282 | 32.16 | 5 | 0.57 | 2 | 0.23 | 61 | 6.96 | 4 | 0.46 | 10 | 1.14 | 877 | |
| 2015 | 494 | 61.75 | 231 | 28.88 | 8 | 1.00 | 2 | 0.25 | 46 | 5.75 | 7 | 0.88 | 12 | 1.50 | 800 | |
| 2016 | 543 | 62.49 | 242 | 27.85 | 4 | 0.46 | 7 | 0.81 | 52 | 5.98 | 9 | 1.04 | 12 | 1.38 | 869 | |
| 2017 | 428 | 56.39 | 252 | 33.20 | 4 | 0.53 | 5 | 0.66 | 42 | 5.53 | 6 | 0.79 | 22 | 2.90 | 759 | |
| 2018 | 467 | 61.21 | 224 | 29.36 | 3 | 0.39 | 5 | 0.66 | 50 | 6.55 | 8 | 1.05 | 6 | 0.79 | 763 | |
| 2019 | 424 | 60.49 | 217 | 30.96 | 4 | 0.57 | 2 | 0.29 | 43 | 6.13 | 5 | 0.71 | 6 | 0.86 | 701 | |
| 2020 | 447 | 59.76 | 236 | 31.55 | 5 | 0.67 | 3 | 0.40 | 43 | 5.75 | 7 | 0.94 | 7 | 0.94 | 748 | |
| 2021 | 419 | 59.60 | 219 | 31.15 | 2 | 0.28 | 3 | 0.43 | 46 | 6.54 | 10 | 1.42 | 4 | 0.57 | 703 | |
| 2022 | 394 | 59.70 | 203 | 30.76 | 6 | 0.91 | 6 | 0.91 | 33 | 5.00 | 10 | 1.52 | 8 | 1.21 | 660 | |
| 2023 | 355 | 54.03 | 232 | 35.31 | 7 | 1.07 | 3 | 0.46 | 50 | 7.61 | 4 | 0.61 | 6 | 0.91 | 657 | |
There are 15 inhabited places in this municipality.
| Inhabited Places | Total | Macedonians | Albanians | Turks | Roma | Vlachs | Serbs | Bosnians | Others | |
| Gazi Baba Municipality | 69,626 | 45,242 | 14,146 | 468 | 1,922 | 185 | 1,328 | 753 | 5,582 | |
| Brnjarci | 1.254 | 460 | 770 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 23 | |
| Bulačani | 1.147 | 1.015 | 11 | - | 1 | - | 4 | 1 | 15 | |
| Čento | 7.829 | 329 | 6.985 | 20 | - | - | 42 | 96 | 357 | |
| Creševo | 982 | 911 | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | 63 | |
| Gazi Baba | 38.426 | 28.887 | 2.775 | 413 | 1.099 | 145 | 1.026 | 607 | 3.494 | |
| Goce Delčev | 1.402 | 1.205 | 71 | 2 | 15 | - | 10 | 4 | 95 | |
| Idrizovo | 1.824 | 826 | 747 | 15 | 11 | - | 9 | 29 | 187 | |
| Indžikovo | 4.324 | 2.983 | 527 | 3 | 413 | 32 | 49 | 13 | 305 | |
| Jurumleri | 3.256 | 2.522 | 54 | - | 342 | 7 | 62 | - | 269 | |
| Raštak | 457 | 430 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 25 | |
| Smilkovci | 371 | 348 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 23 | |
| Stajkovci | 4.394 | 2.877 | 1.117 | 6 | 38 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 328 | |
| Stračinci | 1.136 | 341 | 775 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 19 | |
| Trubarevo | 2.470 | 1.772 | 334 | 8 | 4 | - | 85 | 2 | 265 | |
| Viniče | 354 | 336 | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | 14 |
Football clubs FK Skopje and FK Metalurg Skopje play their home games at the Železarnica Stadium in Gazi Baba.