Šuto Orizari municipality

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City of Skopje
Град Скопје

Šuto Orizari
Шуто Оризари
Shuto Orizari
Flag of Šuto Orizari Coat of arms of Šuto Orizari
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Šuto Orizari
Location of Šuto Orizari in Skopje
Municipal Center Skopje
Mayor Trifun Kostovski (Greater Skopje)
Erduan Iseini (Šuto Orizari)
Municipality area 7,48 km²
Population
 - density
20 800
2.780,75 people/km²
Official languages
 - primary
-secondary

Macedonian
Romani language
Time zone
 - Standard
 - Summer (DST)

CET (UTC+1)
CEST (UTC+2)
Status Part of Skopje
Urban municipality
Area code +389 02
Postal code 1000
Car plates SK
Official Website www.SutoOrizari.gov.mk/

Šuto Orizari (Шуто Оризари in Macedonian, Shuto Orizari in Romani) otherwise known as Shutka or Šutka 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.

[edit] Politics

Due to the demographics, both Romani and Macedonian are official in Shuto Orizari, the municipality being officially-bilingual. The mayor of the municipality, Erduan Iseini, is an ethnic Rom.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Demographics of Macedonian Municipalities by ethnic group (2002 census data)

[edit] See also

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