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Skopje Pray for Skopje Land & History:
The clock on the half-destroyed train station (now a museum) still shows the time of the earthquake: 3:27pm.	Skopje /SCOPE-ye/ is the capital of Macedonia. The Vardar River divides the city into in two parts. Much of the city south of the river was leveled by an strong earthquake in 1963 and was quickly rebuilt more solidly. North of the city there are ancient Roman ruins of the city Skupi, which evolved into present day Skopje. These ruins are currently being excavated. (more history: 535, 1998, March ’99, March 2001, June ’01, July ’01, April ’02)
People:
Sv. Kliment Ohridski in downtown Skopje	The City of Skopje has 467,257 citizens. The north side of the river is mostly populated by ethnic Albanians and mosques and the southern with ethnic Macedonians and Orthodox churches. The University of Skopje is the largest in Macedonia with dorms and faculties throughout the city. Skopje is a major center for trade and has the most goods and services available. Many international people live here: students, government workers, business people, and non-profit workers. Šutka, a community north of Skopje, is the largest community of Roma (Gypsies) in all of Europe. There are a few small fellowships of Christians there. There are many religious organizations working in and around Skopje, and many believers, though still a small minority. Most groups are cooperative, but sometimes territorial.

	Pray for Skopje	Updated: 21-Apr-06