Šuto Orizari

Šuto Orizari

Шуто Оризари
Shutkë
Šuto Orizari ; Шуто Оризари; Shutkë
Country	North Macedonia
Municipality	Šuto Orizari municipality
Population (2002)
• Total	15,353
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Car plates	SK
Website	.

Šuto Orizari (Macedonian: Шуто Оризари (help·info), Romani: Shuto Orizari), often shortened as Šutka (Macedonian: Шутка, Albanian: Shutkë), is a neighbourhood in the City of Skopje, North Macedonia, and the seat of Šuto Orizari Municipality. It is often regarded as the cultural capital of the Romani people in Macedonia. ^[1]

Demographics[]

According to the 2002 census, the town had a total of 15353 inhabitants.^[2] Ethnic groups in the town include:^[2]

Romani 13201
Albanians 1205
Macedonians 481
Bosniaks 138
Turks 49
Serbs 34
Others 245

Šuto Orizari has a mixed population that includes minorities of Romani and Turks, yet the neighborhood is associated with Albanians in North Macedonia.^[3]

References[]

^ Barany, Zoltan (1995). "The Roma in Macedonia: Ethnic Politics and the Marginal Condition in a Balkan State". Ethnic and Racial Studies. 18 (3): 522. doi:10.1080/01419870.1995.9993877. ISSN 0141-9870.
^ Jump up to: ^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. 65.
^ Ragaru, Nadege (2008). "The Political Uses and Social Lives of "National Heroes": Controversies over Skanderbeg's Statue in Skopje". Südosteuropa. 56 (4): 536. "Skopje is indeed spread over both sides of the Vardar river. Although the neighborhoods that lie northeast of the river (Butel, Čair/Çair, Gazi Baba, Suto Orizari) have mixed populations including representatives of the Turkish and Roma minorities, they tend to be associated with the Albanians."

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Coordinates: 42°02′11.82″N 21°25′33.16″E / 42.0366167°N 21.4258778°E / 42.0366167; 21.4258778

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[1] Barany, Zoltan (1995). "The Roma in Macedonia: Ethnic Politics and the Marginal Condition in a Balkan State". Ethnic and Racial Studies. 18 (3): 522. doi:10.1080/01419870.1995.9993877. ISSN 0141-9870.

[Statisticaloffice-2] Jump up to: ^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. 65.

[Ragaru536-3] Ragaru, Nadege (2008). "The Political Uses and Social Lives of "National Heroes": Controversies over Skanderbeg's Statue in Skopje". Südosteuropa. 56 (4): 536. "Skopje is indeed spread over both sides of the Vardar river. Although the neighborhoods that lie northeast of the river (Butel, Čair/Çair, Gazi Baba, Suto Orizari) have mixed populations including representatives of the Turkish and Roma minorities, they tend to be associated with the Albanians."

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