Šuto Orizari | |
Native Name: | Шуто Оризари Shutkë |
Pushpin Map: | North Macedonia |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within North Macedonia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | North Macedonia |
Subdivision Type1: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name1: | Šuto Orizari municipality |
Population As Of: | 2002 |
Population Total: | 15353 |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Website: | . |
Blank Name: | Car plates |
Blank Info: | SK |
Šuto Orizari (Macedonian: {{Audio|Mk-Shuto Orizari.ogg|Шуто Оризари, Balkan 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 North Macedonia. [1] An independent Romanistan (a state for the Romani people) was proposed here in the early 1990s by leaders of the Party for the Complete Emancipation of Roma.[2]
According to the 2002 census, the town had a total of 15353 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the town include:[3]
13201
1205
481
138
49
34
245
Šuto Orizari has a mixed population that includes minorities of Muslim Romani people and Turks, yet the neighborhood is associated with Albanians in North Macedonia.[4]