Gazi Baba ( mk, , sq, Gazi Babë) is one of the ten municipalities that make up the

City of Skopje Skopje ( , , ; mk, Скопје ; sq, Shkup) is the capital and largest city of North Macedonia. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre. The territory of Skopje has been inhabited since at least 4000 BC; r ...

, the capital of

North Macedonia North Macedonia, ; sq, Maqedonia e Veriut, (Macedonia before February 2019), officially the Republic of North Macedonia,, is a country in Southeast Europe. It gained independence in 1991 as one of the successor states of Yugoslavia. It ...

. The municipality administration consists of a council and mayor. "Skopje encompasses ten municipalities (Aerodrom, Butel, Čair, Centar, Gazi Baba, Gjorče Petrov, Karpoš, Kisela Voda, Saraj, Šuto Orizari), which all have a mayor, a municipal council and the same prerogatives as other municipalities in the country."

Name

The name of the municipality comes from the nickname of the Ottoman poet

Aşık Çelebi Aşık Çelebi ("Gentleman Bard" in Turkish) was the name of Pir Mehmed ("Mehmed the Pir"; 1520–1572), an Ottoman biographer, poet, and translator. Born in Prizren, he served as '' kadi'' (judge) in many towns of the Rumelia. His major wor ...

. In Turkish, ''

Gazi A ''ghazi'' ( ar, غازي, , plural ''ġuzāt'') is an individual who participated in ''ghazw'' (, '' ''), meaning military expeditions or raiding. The latter term was applied in early Islamic literature to expeditions led by the Islamic prophe ...

'' means "war veteran" and ''baba'' means "father".

Geography

The municipality borders

Petrovec Municipality The Municipality of Petrovec ( mk, Петровец, ''Petrovec''; sq, Ibrahimovë) is a municipality in northern North Macedonia, near the capital Skopje. '' Petrovec'' is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found. It is lo ...

, Studeničani Municipality and Aerodrom Municipality to the south, Centar Municipality, Čair Municipality and

Butel Municipality Butel Municipality ( mk, ; sq, Butel) 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. "Skopje encompasses ten municipalities (A ...

to the west,

Lipkovo Municipality Lipkovo ( mk, , sq, Likovë) is a municipality in the north part of North Macedonia. ''Lipkovo (village), Lipkovo'' is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found. Lipkovo Municipality is part of the Northeastern Statistical ...

to the northeast, and Aračinovo Municipality and

Ilinden Municipality Ilinden ( mk, ) is a municipality part of North Macedonia. ''Ilinden (village), Ilinden'' is also the name of the town where the municipal seat is found. It is named after the Ilinden-Preobrazhenie Uprising, Ilinden Uprising in the Macedonia (re ...

to the east.

Demographics

According to the last national census from 2021, the municipality has 69,626 inhabitants making it the most populous municipality in Greater Skopje.2002 census results
in English and Macedonian (PDF) Ethnic groups in the municipality include:

Sports

Football clubs FK Skopje and FK Metalurg Skopje play their home games at the

Železarnica Stadium Železarnica Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Skopje, North Macedonia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and serves as the home ground for FK Metalurg Skopje of the Macedonian First League and FK Skopje of the Macedonian Second ...

in Gazi Baba.

References

External links

Official website
Municipalities of North Macedonia Municipalities of Skopje {{Skopje-stub