Brief information about the Skopje
Skopje Skopje (, US also; Macedonian: Скопје [ˈskɔpjɛ], Albanian: Shkup) is the capital and biggest city of North Macedonia. It's the country's political, cultural, economic, and centre. The land of Skopje was inhabited since at least 4000 BC; remains of settlements have been found within the old Kale Fortress that overlooks the city centre.
On the eve of the 1st century AD, the Romans captured the settlement and became a military camp. When the Roman Empire was divided into eastern and western halves in 395 AD, Scupi came under rule.
Throughout much of the early medieval period, the city was contested between the Empire, whose capital it had been between 992 and 972 and the Byzantines. The city acted as its capital town and was part of the Serbian Empire. In 1392, Skopje was conquered by the Ottoman Turks who predicted it Üsküb, using this name being for a moment.
The city stayed for more than 500 decades, serving as pashasanjak of Üsküp and later the Vilayet of Kosovo's capital. At the point the town has been well known for its oriental design. In 1912, it had been annexed by the Kingdom of Serbia during the Balkan Wars.
Throughout the First World War the Kingdom of Bulgaria captured the town, and it became part of the newly formed Kingdom of Yugoslavia getting the capital of their Vardarska banovina. In the Second World War Bulgaria captured the town and in 1944 became the capital of SR Macedonia.
The town developed quickly, but this trend was interrupted in 1963 as it was hit by a disastrous earthquake. Skopje is situated on the course of the Vardar River and is situated on a major Balkan route between Belgrade and Athens. It's a center for metal-processing, chemical, wood, fabric, leather, and printing businesses.
Industrial development of the city was accompanied by the creation of the trade, logistics, and banking businesses, in addition to an emphasis on the fields of sport, culture and transportation. According to the final official count in 2002, Skopje had a population of 506,926 inhabitants; according to official estimates, the town had a population of 544,086 inhabitants, as of 30 June 2015, meaning slightly over a quarter of all North Macedonia's population lives in the city and its immediate surrounding region.