Karpoš Municipality

For the uprising, see Karposh's Rebellion.

Karpoš Municipality Општина Карпош
City municipality (Urban)
Flag Coat of arms
Country	North Macedonia
Region	Skopje
Municipal seat	Skopje
Government
• Mayor	Stevčo Jakimovski (GROM)[1]
Area
• Total	105 km^2 (41 sq mi)
Population
• Total	63,760
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
Website	http://karpos.gov.mk

Karpoš Municipality (Macedonian: Карпош^ⓘ) is one of the ten municipalities that make up the city of Skopje, the capital of the Republic of North Macedonia.

Geography

Karpoš borders

• Saraj Municipality and Ǵorče Petrov Municipality to the west,
• Čučer-Sandevo Municipality to the north,
• Butel Municipality to the northeast,
• Čair Municipality, Centar Municipality and Kisela Voda Municipality to the east, and
• Sopište Municipality to the south.

Demographics

According to the 2002 Macedonia census, this municipality has 59,666 inhabitants.^[2] According to the 2021 North Macedonia census, this municipality has 63,760 inhabitants.^[3] Ethnic groups in the municipality include:

	2002		2021
	Number	%	Number	%
TOTAL	59,666	100	63,760	100
Macedonians	52,810	88.51	51,609	80.94
Albanians	1,952	3.27	2,324	3.64
Serbs	2,184	3.66	1,635	2.56
Roma	615	1.03	600	0.94
Vlachs	407	0.68	483	0.76
Turks	334	0.56	443	0.69
Bosniaks	98	0.16	192	0.3
Other / Undeclared / Unknown	1,266	2.13	1,126	1.78
Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources			5,348	8.39

Twin towns

Karpoš Municipality is twinned with following town:^[4]

• Novi Beograd, Serbia
• Sremski Karlovci, Serbia^[5]
• Lapithos, Northern Cyprus

Twin municipalities

• Triaditsa, Sofia

References

1. Local Elections 2021 – Mayor of Karpoš. State Election Commission.
2. 2002 census results in English and Macedonian (PDF)
3. "Попис на населението, домаќинствата и становите во Република Северна Македонија, 2021 - прв сет на податоци" (PDF). stat.gov.mk. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
4. Međunarodna saradnja Novi Beograd, Retrieved on 2008-07-17.
5. "Градови побратими | Sremski Karlovci" (in Serbian). Retrieved 2019-07-31.

External links

• Official website

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