Bituše | |
Official Name: | Битуше |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | North Macedonia |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within North Macedonia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Polog |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Mavrovo and Rostuša |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 161 |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Coordinates: | 41.6167°N 20.5883°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Website: | . |
Blank Name: | Car plates |
Blank Info: | GV |
Bituše (Macedonian: Битуше) is a village in the municipality of Mavrovo and Rostuša, North Macedonia.
Bituše is attested in the Ottoman defter of 1467 as a village in the ziamet of Reka which was under the authority of Karagöz Bey. The village had a total of three households and the anthroponymy attested alludes to an Albanian character.[1]
According to the 1942 Albanian census, Bituše was inhabited by 624 Bulgarians.[2]
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 96 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:[3]
As of the 2021 census, Bituše had 161 residents with the following ethnic composition:[4]