Skopje

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Skopje

Скопје (Macedonian)
Shkup  (Albanian)
City
City of Skopje
Град Скопје
Qyteti i Shkupit
From top, clockwise: View over central Skopje from Kale Fortress, Kuršumli An, Old Bazaar, Old
Railway Station, Church of the Ascension of Jesus, Stone Bridge.

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Skopje
Location of Skopje in North Macedonia
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Coordinates: 42°0′N 21°26′ECoordinates: 42°0′N 21°26′E

Country North Macedonia
Region Skopje Statistical
Municipality Greater Skopje
Government
 • Type Special unit of local self-government
  • Body Skopje City Council
 • Mayor Petre Šilegov (SDSM)
Area
 • Municipality 571.46 km2 (220.64 sq mi)
 • Urban 337.80 km2 (130.43 sq mi)
 • Metro 1,854.00 km2 (715.83 sq mi)
Elevation 240 m (790 ft)
Population
 (2002)[1]
 • Municipality 506,926
 • Urban 428,988
 • Urban density 1,300/km2 (3,300/sq mi)
 • Metro 578,144
 • Metro density 310/km2 (810/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Skopjan[2]
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal codes МК-10 00
Area code(s) +389 2
ISO 3166 code MK-85
Car plates SK
Climate BSk
Website www
Skopje (/ˈskɒpji, -jeɪ/, US also /ˈskoʊp-/;[3] Macedonian: Скопје [ˈskɔpjɛ] ( listen), Albanian:
Shkup) is the capital and largest city of North Macedonia. It is the country's political, cultural,
economic, and academic centre.
The territory of Skopje has been inhabited since at least 4000 BC; remains of Neolithic settlements
have been found within the old Kale Fortress that overlooks the modern city centre. Originally a
Paeonian city, Scupi became the capital of Dardania in the second century BC. On the eve of the 1st
century AD, the settlement was seized by the Romans and became a military camp.[4][5] When the
Roman Empire was divided into eastern and western halves in 395 AD, Scupi came under
Byzantine rule from Constantinople. During much of the early medieval period, the town was
contested between the Byzantines and the Bulgarian Empire, whose capital it was between 972 and
992.
From 1282, the town wa