Šuto Orizari municipality
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.png/90px-MMCA(Skopje_RED).png) City of Skopje Град Скопје Šuto Orizari Шуто Оризари Shuto Orizari |
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Šuto Orizari (Macedonian: Шуто Оризари, Macedonian Latinic: Šuto Orizari, Romani: Shuto Orizari) otherwise known as Šutka (Шутка) or Shutka is one of the ten municipalities that makes up the City of Skopje, the capital of the Republic of Macedonia.
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[edit] Geography
The municipality borders Butel municipality in the south and Staro Nagoričane in the north.
[edit] Demographics
Šuto Orizari is the only municipality in the country where Roma make up a majority of the population. Out of a total population of 17,357 in the 2002 census, 13,311 people (76.7%) were of Roma ethnicity. [1] Other significant ethnic groups include Albanians (15.0%) and Macedonians (5.5%). During the recent conflict in Kosovo many Romani refugees found shelter here. The people of Shuto Orizari are roughly divided between the religions of Orthodox Christianity and Islam, there is a significant muslim Tarika of Sufi Islam (Dervish).
[edit] Politics
Due to the demographics, both Romani and Macedonian are official in Shuto Orizari, the municipality being officially-bilingual, however Albanian and Serbian is also spoken, but are not official languages of the municipality. The mayor of the municipality, Erduan Iseini, is an ethnic Rom.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Demographics of Macedonian Municipalities by ethnic group (2002 census data)
[edit] See also
- Skopje
- Greater Skopje, administrative division.
- Republic of Macedonia
- Municipalities of the Republic of Macedonia
[edit] External links
- Šuto Orizari municipality official site
- Šuto Orizari municipality on the site of the Macedonian ministry for local self-government
- Šuto Orizari municipality on a Macedonian general information page
- Demographics of Macedonian Municipalities by ethnic group (2002 census data)
- Article about Shuto Orizari on RomNews
- Photos and Recordings of Music from Shuto Orizari
- AMBRELA Roma Education and Integration Center in Šuto Orizari
- Shutka Reporter - Youngsters from Shutka about their home town
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