Gjorče Petrov (Macedonian: Ѓорче Петров) is one of the ten municipalities that compose the city of Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia. It is named after the revolutionary Gjorče Petrov.
Gjorče Petrov borders
The municipality is the place of the confluence of the Treska and Vardar rivers.
According to the 2002 Macedonia census, the municipality has 41,634 inhabitants.[2] According to the 2021 North Macedonia census, this municipality has 44,844 inhabitants.[3] Ethnic groups in the municipality include:
2002 | 2021 | |||
Number | % | Number | % | |
TOTAL | 41,634 | 100 | 44,844 | 100 |
Macedonians | 35,455 | 85.16 | 35,971 | 80.21 |
Albanians | 1,597 | 3.84 | 1,765 | 3.94 |
Serbs | 1,730 | 4.16 | 1,266 | 2.82 |
Roma | 1,249 | 3 | 1,068 | 2.38 |
Bosniaks | 489 | 1.17 | 459 | 1.02 |
Turks | 368 | 0.88 | 272 | 0.61 |
Vlachs | 109 | 0.26 | 156 | 0.35 |
Other / Undeclared / Unknown | 637 | 1.53 | 576 | 1.29 |
Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources | 3,311 | 7.38 |
Football club FK Makedonija Gjorče Petrov has played in the top tier of Macedonian football for several years. Their home stadium is the Gjorče Petrov Stadium.