Šuto Orizari Explained

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]

Demographics

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]

External links

42.0366°N 21.4259°W

Notes and References

  1. Barany . Zoltan . 1995 . The Roma in Macedonia: Ethnic Politics and the Marginal Condition in a Balkan State . . en . 18 . 3 . 522 . 10.1080/01419870.1995.9993877 . 0141-9870 .
  2. Book: Charles Vance. Managing a Global Workforce: Challenges and Opportunities in International Human Resource Management. Yongsun Paik. M.E. Sharpe. 2006. 978-0-7656-2016-3. 760.
  3. Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 65.
  4. Ragaru. Nadege. The Political Uses and Social Lives of "National Heroes": Controversies over Skanderbeg's Statue in Skopje. Südosteuropa. 56. 4. 2008. 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."