Butel

{{About}} {{Infobox settlement <!--See Template:Infobox Settlement for additional fields that may be available--> <!--See the Table at Infobox Settlement for all fields and descriptions of usage--> <!-- Basic info ----------------> |name = Butel |official_name = |native_name = Бутел |nickname = |settlement_type = Neighbourhood |total_type = <!-- to set a non-standard label for total area and population rows --> |motto = <!-- images and maps -----------> |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_shield = |shield_size = |image_blank_emblem = |blank_emblem_type = |blank_emblem_size = |image_map = Бутел во Општина Бутел.svg |mapsize = |map_caption = Location in Butel Municipality |pushpin_map = Republic of North Macedonia |pushpin_label_position = <!-- the position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none --> |pushpin_map_caption =Location within Republic of North Macedonia |pushpin_mapsize = <!-- Location ------------------> |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{NMK}} |subdivision_type1 = Region |subdivision_name1 = 15px Skopje |subdivision_type2 = Municipality |subdivision_name2 = 15px Butel <!-- Smaller parts (e.g. boroughs of a city) and seat of government --> |seat_type = |seat = |parts_type = |parts_style = <!-- =list (for list), coll (for collapsed list), para (for paragraph format) Default is list if up to 5 items, coll if more than 5--> |parts = <!-- parts text, or header for parts list --> |p1 = |p2 = <!-- etc. up to p50: for separate parts to be listed--> <!-- Politics -----------------> |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 = <!-- for places with, say, both a mayor and a city manager --> |leader_name1 = |established_title = <!-- Settled --> |established_date = <!-- Area ---------------------> |area_magnitude = |unit_pref = <!--Enter: Imperial, to display imperial before metric--> |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = <!-- ALL fields with measurements are subject to automatic unit conversion--> |area_land_km2 = <!--See table @ Template:Infobox Settlement for details on unit conversion--> |area_water_km2 = |area_total_sq_mi = |area_land_sq_mi = |area_water_sq_mi = |area_water_percent = <!-- Elevation --------------------------> |elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use <ref> tags--> |elevation_m = |elevation_ft = |elevation_max_m = |elevation_max_ft = |elevation_min_m = |elevation_min_ft = <!-- Population -----------------------> |population_as_of = 2021 |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total = 24391 |population_density_km2 = <!--For automatic calculation, any density field may contain: auto --> |population_density_sq_mi = <!-- Government -----------------------> |municipality president = <!-- General information ---------------> |timezone = CET |utc_offset = +1:00 |timezone_DST = CEST |utc_offset_DST = +2:00 |coor_type = <!-- can be used to specify what the coordinates refer to --> |coordinates = {{coord|42|02|N|21|27|E|region:MK_dim:20km|display=inline,title}} <!-- Area/postal codes & others --------> |postal_code_type = Postal code |postal_code = |area_code = |website = . |blank_name =Car plates |blank_info = SK |blank1_name = |blank1_info = |footnotes = }} '''Butel''' ({{langx|mk|Бутел}}, {{langx|sq|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.<ref name=Statisticaloffice /> Ethnic groups in the town include:<ref name = Statisticaloffice>Macedonian Census (2021), [http://makstat.stat.gov.mk/PXWeb/pxweb/en/MakStat/MakStat__Popisi__Popis2021__NaselenieVkupno__PodatociNaselenie/T1503P21.px/table/tableViewLayout2/?rxid=46ee0f64-2992-4b45-a2d9-cb4e5f7ec5ef ''Book 5 – Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion''], The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2021</ref>

{| class="wikitable" !Year !Macedonian !Albanian !Turks !Romani !Vlachs !Serbs !Bosniaks !<abbr>Others</abbr> !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.<ref name="Ragaru536"/> The neighborhood has a mixed population that includes minorities of Romani and Turks, yet Butel is associated with Albanians in North Macedonia.<ref name="Ragaru536">{{cite journal|last=Ragaru|first=Nadege|title=The Political Uses and Social Lives of "National Heroes": Controversies over Skanderbeg's Statue in Skopje|url=https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00682663/document|journal=Südosteuropa|volume=56|issue=4|year=2008|pages=536|access-date=2019-03-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222210307/https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00682663/document|archive-date=2019-02-22|url-status=dead}} "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)"</ref>

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==External links== *{{commons category inline|Butel}}

{{Butel Municipality}}

Category:Butel Municipality Category:Neighbourhoods of Skopje

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