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The municipality of Gazi Baba is industrial, communication and transport gateway of the capital city of Skopje, political, economic and financial center of the Republic of North Macedonia.
The municipality of Gazi Baba was founded on November 3, 1976. Located in the heart of the most industrial part of the city of Skopje, the municipality of Gazi Baba has a long-standing industrial tradition thanks to the excellent communications and transport links with all urban centers in the SEE region, at the crossroads of European corridors 8 (E65 East – West, Varna – Sofia – Skopje – Tirana – Durres) and 10 (E75 South – North, Athens – Thessaloniki – Skopje – Belgrade – Zagreb – Munich), with three industrial zones “Industrial Park Zelezara”, “Eastern Industrial Zone” and greenfield zone “Northern ring road”, at a distance of 15 km¹ from the Skopje international airport.
The municipality of Gazi Baba – Skopje is synonymous with industry and business in the Skopje region and beyond in the country. The municipality is the headquarters of the most successful domestic and foreign companies in the country in several leading industry sectors – pharmaceuticals, metallurgy, metal processing and mechanical industry, agriculture and food industry, logistics industry, energy industry, retail and wholesale trade, healthcare industry, IT industry and many others. According to the Central Registry of North Macedonia, over 2918 registered businesses there are on the territory of the municipality.
With the challenging economic outlook in the next few years, Municipality of Gazi Baba will offer a lot of Greenfield and Brownfield opportunities for potential domestic and foreign investors, many digital electronic services and partnership approach as an efficient and effective way to support the business community as well as the investor community.
In that direction, we can offer the best conditions for potential investors with the already built cutting edge key infrastructure, excellent infrastructure services in terms of transport, energy, telecommunications, utilities, close to the main markets in the region, close to the main ports in Thessaloniki, Durres, Bar and Burgas, and of course many incentives.
There are numerous programs for improving the skills of employees, strengthening the ability to local suppliers.
There are four faculties of the State University “St. Cyril and Methodius” located in municipality of Gazi Baba, private University FON, 11 primary schools, 11 kindergartens, a school for children with special needs, five state secondary schools, student dormitories, a private hospital, two polyclinics, dozens of primary health centers, pharmacies, bank branches and post offices.