Gjorče Petrov Municipality
# 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.

## 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 last national census from 2002, the municipality has 41,634 inhabitants.

Ethnic groups in the municipality include:

* Macedonians = 35,455 (85.2%)
* Serbs = 1,730 (4.2%)
* Albanians = 1,597 (3.8%)
* Roma = 1,249 (3.0%)
* Bosniaks = 489 (1.2%)
* others.

## 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.

