Bituše ( mk, Битуше) is a
village
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in the
municipality
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The term ''municipality ...
of
Mavrovo and Rostuša,
North Macedonia
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.
Demographics
Bituše is attested in the
Ottoman ''
defter'' of 1467 as a village in the
ziamet of
Reka which was under the authority of Karagöz Bey. The village had a total of three households and the anthroponymy attested alludes to an Albanian character.
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 96 inhabitants.
[ Ethnic groups in the village include:][Macedonian Census (2002)]
''Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion''
The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 135.
* Macedonians 95
*Serbs
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The majority of Serbs live in their ...
1
As of the 2021 census, Bituše had 161 residents with the following ethnic composition:Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021
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*Macedonians 128
*Others (including Torbeš) 29
*Others 3
*Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 1
References
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Villages in Mavrovo and Rostuša Municipality