Šuto Orizari ( mk, ,

Balkan Romani Balkan Romani, Balkaniko Romanes, or Balkan Gypsy is a specific non-Vlax dialect of the Romani language, spoken by groups within the Balkans, which include countries such as Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Greece, Kosovo, North Macedonia, ...

: ''Shuto Orizari''), often shortened as ''Šutka'' ( mk, Шутка, sq, 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. An independent

Romanistan Romanistan, Romastan or Romanestan is the name of a proposed country for the Romani people. In the early 1950s, Roma leaders petitioned the United Nations for the creation of their own state, but their petition was rejected. Creation of such a ...

(a state for the Romani people) was proposed here in the early 1990s by leaders of the

Party for the Complete Emancipation of Roma The Party for the Full Emancipation of the Roma of Macedonia ( mk, Партија за целосна еманципација на Ромите од Македонија, ''Partija za Celosna Emancipacija na Romite od Makedonija'', PCERM) is a po ...

Demographics

According to the 2002 census, the town had a total of 15353 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the town include:Macedonian Census (2002)
''Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion''
The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 65. *

Arlije The sedentary Arlije are the main group of the Romani people in North Macedonia, and the majority live in Šuto Orizari Municipality. They belong to the Muslim Romani people. There are various subgroups of the Arlije, named after their traditio ...

Romani people in North Macedonia 13201 *

Albanians in North Macedonia The Albanians in North Macedonia ( sq, Shqiptarët në Maqedoninë e Veriut, mk, Албанци во Северна Македонија) are the second largest ethnic group in North Macedonia, forming 446,245 individuals or 24.3% of the reside ...

1205 * Macedonians 481 * Bosniaks in North Macedonia 138 * Turks in North Macedonia 49 *

Serbs in North Macedonia The Serbs are one of the constitutional peoples of North Macedonia ( mk, Србите во Северна Македонија, sr-Cyrl-Latn, Срби у Северној Македонији, Srbi u Severnoj Makedoniji), numbering about 24,000 ...

34 *

Torbeshi The Macedonian Muslims ( mk, Македонци-муслимани, Makedonci-muslimani), also known as Muslim Macedonians or ''Torbeši'' ( mk, Торбеши), and in some sources grouped together with Pomaks, are a minority religious group w ...

Macedonian Muslims 245 Šuto Orizari has a mixed population that includes minorities of

Muslim Romani people Xoraxane Roma in Balkan Romani language, are non-Vlax Romani people, who adopted Sunni Islam of Hanafi madhab at the time of the Ottoman Empire. Some of them are Derviş of Sufism belief, and the biggest Tariqa of Jerrahi is located at the l ...

and Turks, yet the neighborhood is associated with Albanians in North Macedonia. "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."

References

External links

Šuto Orizari Municipality Neighbourhoods of Skopje Albanian communities in North Macedonia Romani communities in North Macedonia vRomani Muslims {{ŠutoOrizari-geo-stub