Karpoš

Neighbourhood in Skopje, North Macedonia

Karpoš Карпош
Neighbourhood

42°0′N 21°24′E / 42.000°N 21.400°E / 42.000; 21.400
Country	North Macedonia
Region	Skopje
Municipality	Karpoš
Population (2021)
• Total	61,288
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Car plates	SK
Website	.

Karpoš (Macedonian: Карпош) 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:^[2]

Macedonians 33,948
Serbs 1,503
Vlachs 308
Albanians 226
Turks 196
Bosniaks 68
Romani 54
Others 859

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
^ ^a ^b Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 64.