Karpoš is a neighbourhood in the Karpoš Municipality, City of Skopje, North Macedonia, and the seat of Karpoš Municipality. It is named after the famous Karposh hero.
Demographics
As of the 2021 census, Karpoš had 61,288 residents with the following ethnic composition:1
- Macedonians 49,483
- Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 5,238
- Albanians 2,203
- Serbs 1,593
- Roma 597
- Vlachs 477
- Turks 430
- Bosniaks 185
- Others 1,082
According to the 2002 census, the neighbourhood had a total of 37,162 inhabitants.2 Ethnic groups in the town include:3
Sports
The local football club is FK Lokomotiva Skopje who play in the Lokomotiva Stadium.
References
Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021 https://makstat.stat.gov.mk/PXWeb/pxweb/en/MakStat/MakStat__Popisi__Popis2021__NaselenieVkupno__PodatociNaselenie/T1503P21.px/table/tableViewLayout2/?rxid=cc8e0490-07b6-4002-adf4-9b4891b66655 ↩
Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 64. http://www.stat.gov.mk/publikacii/knigaX.pdf ↩
Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 64. http://www.stat.gov.mk/publikacii/knigaX.pdf ↩