Šuto Orizari (Macedonian: , 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]
Šuto Orizari
Шуто Оризари Shutkë | |
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| 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 | . |
Demographics
editAccording to the 2002 census, the town had a total of 15353 inhabitants.[3] Ethnic groups in the town include:[3]
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]
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ Charles Vance; Yongsun Paik (2006). Managing a Global Workforce: Challenges and Opportunities in International Human Resource Management. M.E. Sharpe. p. 760. ISBN 978-0-7656-2016-3.
- ^ 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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