Butel Municipality (; ) is one of the ten municipalities that make up the City of Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia. The municipality administration consists of a council and mayor. "Skopje encompasses ten municipalities (Aerodrom, Butel, Čair, Centar, Gazi Baba, Gjorče Petrov, Karpoš, Kisela Voda, Saraj, Šuto Orizari), which all have a mayor, a municipal council and the same prerogatives as other municipalities in the country."
Geography Butel is located along the north-central and north-eastern areas of Skopje not far from the modern city center and most of the municipality extends eastward in a panhandle shape toward the Skopska Crna Gora mountain range. It borders the Gazi Baba Municipality to the southeast, the Čair Municipality to the south, the Karpoš Municipality to the southwest, the Šuto Orizari and Čučer-Sandevo Municipalities to the northwest, and the Lipkovo Municipality to the northeast.
History Prior to 2004 the Butel municipality was within the boundaries of a larger Čair municipality that had a majority Macedonian population (60.60%), followed by Albanians (20.89%), Turks (4.12%), Bosniaks (3.40%), Romani (1.46%) and Serbs (2.11%). The new territorial-administrative reform of 2004 divided the municipal unit into a smaller Čair municipality with an Albanian majority and a separate Butel municipality with a Macedonian majority. The new boundaries of Čair municipality resulted in the loss of its industrial zone to the Butel municipality which previously provided most of the revenue for the Čair municipal budget.
Demographics According to North Macedonia's latest 2021 census, the Butel municipality has 37,968 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the municipality include: 20022021Number%Number%TOTAL36,15410037,968100Macedonians22,50662.2517,01144.8Albanians9,10725.1914,09537.12Turks1,3043.611,3143.46Bosniaks9702.681,1332.98Serbs1,0332.866061.6Roma5611.555011.32Vlachs1200.33730.19Other / Undeclared / Unknown5531.535821.54Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources2,6536.99 Per the 2021 North Macedonia census Butel had a total population of 37,968, of whom 19,230 were female and 18,738 male.
Religious affiliation according to the 2021 North Macedonia census:
2021Number%TOTAL37,968100Orthodox13,56446.4Christians3,977Catholics89Islam17,43845.9Others2470.65Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources2,6536.99
Demographic Trends Live births by ethnic affiliation of mother, 2010-2023
MacedoniansAlbaniansTurksSerbsRomaBosniaksOthersTOTALYearBirths%Births%Births%Births%Births%Births%Births%Births201022549.1319442.36112.4020.4491.9791.9781.75458201126050.3920740.12163.1020.3971.36101.94142.71516201222247.6418840.34204.2961.29102.15143.0061.29466201321145.5720744.71122.5920.43112.38143.0261.30463201422350.6817439.55184.0920.4592.0581.8261.36440201520341.1824349.29142.8400.0081.62183.6571.42493201622744.6922444.09193.7430.59122.36152.9581.57508201721445.5320242.98112.3410.21102.13142.98183.83470201818340.5822048.78183.9930.6781.77122.6671.55451201918638.6724751.35122.4920.42142.91153.1251.04481202016438.3221750.7081.8720.47112.57194.4471.64428202115335.0123353.32173.8920.46102.29112.52112.524372022 154 35.98 230 53.74 11 2.57 5 1.17 12 2.80 9 2.10 6 1.40428202314232.8724055.56204.6320.4671.62153.4761.39432
Inhabited places
There are 5 inhabited places in this municipality.
Inhabited Places TotalMacedoniansAlbaniansTurksRomaVlachsSerbsBosniansOthers Butel Municipality37,96817,01114,0951,314501-6061,1331,969 Butel24.39110.4518.6461.229258563531.0022.396 Ljubanci1.075981-21018-73 Ljuboten2.688762.561-7-1-43 Radišani6.0664.9042162713812204103462 Vizbegovo3.7485992.672568844028261
References
External links
Official website