Butel

Neighbourhood in Skopje, North Macedonia

Butel Бутел
Neighbourhood
42°02′N 21°27′E / 42.033°N 21.450°E / 42.033; 21.450
Country	North Macedonia
Region	Skopje
Municipality	Butel
Population (2021)
• Total	24,391
Time zone	UTC+1:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2:00 (CEST)
Car plates	SK
Website	.

Butel (Macedonian: Бутел, Albanian: Butel) is a neighbourhood in the city of Skopje, North Macedonia, and the seat of Butel Municipality.

Demographics

According to the 2021 census, the town had a total of 24.391 inhabitants.^[1] Ethnic groups in the town include:^[1]

Year	Macedonian	Albanian	Turks	Romani	Vlachs	Serbs	Bosniaks	Others	Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources	Total
2002	7,616	4,846	450	104	27	377	406	179		14,005
2021	10,451	8,646	1,229	258	56	353	1,002	402	1,994	24,391

In the aftermath of the 2001 insurgency some Macedonians from Čair moved to other Skopje urban areas such as nearby Butel.^[2] The neighborhood has a mixed population that includes minorities of Romani and Turks, yet Butel is associated with Albanians in North Macedonia.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Macedonian Census (2021), Book 5 – Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2021
^ ^a ^b Ragaru, Nadege (2008). "The Political Uses and Social Lives of "National Heroes": Controversies over Skanderbeg's Statue in Skopje". Südosteuropa. 56 (4): 536. Archived from the original on 2019-02-22. Retrieved 2019-03-01. "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.... Some people who used to live in the historically mixed area of Čair/Çair may have moved either to Butel (further North)"