Butel Municipality ( mk, ; sq, Butel) is one of the ten municipalities that make up the
City of Skopje, the capital of
North Macedonia
North Macedonia, ; sq, Maqedonia e Veriut, (Macedonia before February 2019), officially the Republic of North Macedonia,, is a country in Southeast Europe. It gained independence in 1991 as one of the successor states of Socialist Feder ...
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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."]
A cemetery in Butel is where the grave of
George Zorbas
Georgios Zorbas ( el, Γεώργιoς Ζορμπάς; 1865 September 16, 1941) was a Greek miner upon whom Nikos Kazantzakis based Alexis Zorbas, the protagonist of his 1946 novel ''Zorba the Greek''.
Biography
Georgios Zorbas was born in 1865 ...
, the character upon whom
Nikos Kazantzakis
Nikos Kazantzakis ( el, ; 2 March ( OS 18 February) 188326 October 1957) was a Greek writer. Widely considered a giant of modern Greek literature, he was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in nine different years.
Kazantzakis's n ...
based the fictional
Alexis Zorbas
''Zorba the Greek'' ( el, Βίος και Πολιτεία του Αλέξη Ζορμπά, , Life and Times of Alexis Zorbas) is a novel written by the Cretan author Nikos Kazantzakis, first published in 1946. It is the tale of a young Greek in ...
of his novel
''Zorba the Greek'', is located.
Geography
Butel is located along the north-central and north-eastern areas of Skopje not far the modern city center and most of the municipality extends eastward in a panhandle shape toward the
Skopska Crna Gora
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mountain range. It borders
Gazi Baba Municipality to the southeast,
Čair Municipality
Čair ( mk, , sq, Komuna e Çairit) is one of the ten municipalities that make up the Skopje, the capital of the North Macedonia. The municipal administration consists of a council and mayor. Skopje's old town is located in Čair. The municip ...
to the south,
Karpoš Municipality
Karpoš Municipality ( mk, ) is one of the ten municipalities that make up the city of Skopje, the capital of the Republic of North Macedonia.
Geography
Karpoš borders
* Saraj Municipality and Ǵorče Petrov Municipality to the west,
* Čuč ...
to the southwest,
Šuto Orizari Municipality
Šuto Orizari ( mk, ; Balkan Romani: ''Shuto Orizari''; sq, Shutkë), often shortened as ''Šutka'' (Шутка), is one of the ten municipalities that make up the City of Skopje, the capital of the Republic of North Macedonia. ''Šuto Orizari' ...
and
Čučer-Sandevo Municipality to the northwest, and
Lipkovo Municipality to the northeast.
History
Prior to 2004 Butel municipality was within the boundaries of a larger Čair municipality that had a majority Macedonian population (48.60%), followed by Albanians (38.89%), 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 Butel municipality which previously provided most of the revenue for the Čair municipal budget.
Demographics
According to the national census from 2021 Butel has 37,968 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the municipality include:
Per the 2021 Census Butel had a total population of 40,612, of whom 20,442 were female and 20,170 male.
Inhabited places
There are 5 inhabited places in this municipality.
References
External links
Official website
{{Authority control
Butel
Butel ( mk, Бутел, sq, Butel) is a neighbourhood in the city of Skopje, North Macedonia, and the seat of Butel Municipality
Butel Municipality ( mk, ; sq, Butel) is one of the ten municipalities that make up the City of Skopje, the ...
Municipalities of Skopje