Saraj Municipality


Saraj is one of the ten municipalities that make up the city of Skopje, the capital of the Republic of North Macedonia.
Saraj borders
In the early 2000s municipal boundaries within Macedonia in some areas were redrawn. During difficult negotiations the governing Macedonian Social Democrats gave in to the request of its Albanian coalition partner that wanted Albanians within Skopje to surpass the 20% population mark by attaching two rural Albanian inhabited municipalities, Saraj and Kondovo. The municipalities attachment to the capital city raised the Albanian population from 15.30% to 20.49%. The change was seen as an important win among Albanians, while Macedonians were concerned with a more visible Albanian presence in Skopje and the increasing fragmentation of the urban population based on ethnicity.

Demographics

According to the 2021 North Macedonia census, Saraj municipality has 38,399 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the municipality include:

Inhabited places

There are 23 inhabited places in this municipality.
Inhabited Places TotalMacedoniansAlbaniansTurksRomaVlachsSerbsBosniansOthers
Saraj Municipality38,3991,00534,58628255--1,0431,466
Arnakija1.16351.086-----71
Bojane2.13212.070-----60
Bukoviḱ1.842-1.769-----73
Čajlane639-6021----37
Dolno Svilare2.172-2.128-----46
Dvorce145-141-----4
Glumovo2.15212.060----3259
Gorno Svilare845-830-----15
Grčec36-3-----33
Kondovo3.626183.3539--266177
Kopanica1.790-1.761-----29
Krušopek2.01741.977----135
Laskarci1.169-1.127-----42
Ljubin2.42651.49351--85964
Matka466156248---1555
Paničari130-107-----23
Raduša1.533-1.447-----86
Raoviḱ79-40-----39
Rašče2.83512.760-----74
Rudnik Raduša179-156-----23
Saraj6.2653075.37911167-473324
Semenište79827549---537
Šiševo3.9585053.29428743261

Twin towns

Twin municipalities