Šuto Orizari

Šuto Orizari (Macedonian: Шуто Оризари^ⓘ, 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
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

According to the 2002 census, the town had a total of 15353 inhabitants.^[3] Ethnic groups in the town include:^[3]

• Arlije: 13201
• Albanians: 1205
• Macedonians: 481
• Bosniaks: 138
• Turks: 49
• Serbs: 34
• Torbeshi: 245

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

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 65.
4. 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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