Gjorce Petrov municipality
Encyclopedia
Gjorče Petrov is one of the ten municipalities that compose the city of Skopje
, the capital of the Republic of Macedonia
. It is named after the revolutionary Gjorče Petrov.
to the southwest, Karpoš Municipality
to the southeast, Čučer-Sandevo Municipality
to the east, and Kosovo
to the north.
The municipality is the place of the confluence of the Treska
and Vardar
rivers.
Skopje
Skopje is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Macedonia with about a third of the total population. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre...
, the capital of the Republic of Macedonia
Republic of Macedonia
Macedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...
. It is named after the revolutionary Gjorče Petrov.
Geography
Gjorče Petrov borders Saraj MunicipalitySaraj municipality
Saraj is one of the ten municipalities that make up the city of Skopje, the capital of the Republic of Macedonia. Saraj, which means "palace" in Turkish, is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found.-Geography:...
to the southwest, Karpoš Municipality
Karpoš municipality
Karpoš is one of the ten municipalities that make up the city of Skopje, the capital of the Republic of Macedonia.-Geography:Karpoš borders Saraj Municipality and Gjorče Petrov Municipality to the west, Čučer-Sandevo Municipality to the north, Butel Municipality to the northeast, Čair...
to the southeast, Čučer-Sandevo Municipality
Cucer-Sandevo municipality
Čučer-Sandevo is a municipality in northern Republic of Macedonia. Čučer-Sandevo is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found...
to the east, and Kosovo
Kosovo
Kosovo is a region in southeastern Europe. Part of the Ottoman Empire for more than five centuries, later the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija within Serbia...
to the north.
The municipality is the place of the confluence of the Treska
Treska
Treska is a river in the western part of the Republic of Macedonia, a right tributary to Vardar. It is long, and its basin is 2350 km².It rises in the Stogovo mountain at an altitude of around 2000 meters, and flows eastwards through the valley of Kičevo...
and Vardar
Vardar
The Vardar or Axios is the longest and major river in the Republic of Macedonia and also a major river of Greece. It is long, and drains an area of around . The maximum depth of river is ....
rivers.
Demographics
According to the last national census from 2002, the municipality has 41,634 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the municipality include:- MacedoniansMacedonians (ethnic group)The Macedonians also referred to as Macedonian Slavs: "... the term Slavomacedonian was introduced and was accepted by the community itself, which at the time had a much more widespread non-Greek Macedonian ethnic consciousness...
= 35,455 (85.2%) - SerbsSerbsThe Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...
= 1,730 (4.2%) - AlbaniansAlbaniansAlbanians are a nation and ethnic group native to Albania and neighbouring countries. They speak the Albanian language. More than half of all Albanians live in Albania and Kosovo...
= 1,597 (3.8%) - Roma = 1,249 (3.0%)
- BosniaksBosniaksThe Bosniaks or Bosniacs are a South Slavic ethnic group, living mainly in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a smaller minority also present in other lands of the Balkan Peninsula especially in Serbia, Montenegro and Croatia...
= 489 (1.2%) - others.