Gjorče Petrov Municipality

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.

Municipality of Gjorče Petrov Општина Ѓорче Петров
City municipality
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Coordinates: 42.01°N 21.36°E / 42.01; 21.36
Country	North Macedonia
Region	Skopje
Municipal Seat	Skopje
Government
• Mayor	Aleksandar Stojkoski[1] (VMRO-DPMNE)
Population
• Total	44,844
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
Website	www.opstinagpetrov.gov.mk

Geography

Gjorče Petrov borders

• Saraj to the southwest,
• Karpoš to the southeast,
• Čučer-Sandevo to the east, and
• Kosovo to the north.

The municipality is the place of the confluence of the Treska and Vardar rivers.

Demographics

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

Sports

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.