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 | . |
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]
According 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]
42°02′11.82″N 21°25′33.16″E / 42.0366167°N 21.4258778°E