Bituše

Bituše
Village
Битуше
Panoramic view of the village
Panoramic view of the village
Bituše is located in North Macedonia
Bituše
Bituše
Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°37′00″N 20°35′18″E / 41.6167°N 20.5883°E / 41.6167; 20.5883
Country North Macedonia
Region Polog
Municipality Mavrovo and Rostuša
Population
 (2021)
 • Total161
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Car platesGV
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Bituše (Macedonian: Битуше) is a village in the municipality of Mavrovo and Rostuša, North Macedonia.

Demographics[edit]

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.[1]

According to the 1942 Albanian census, Bituše was inhabited by 624 Bulgarians.[2]

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 96 inhabitants.[3] Ethnic groups in the village include:[3]

As of the 2021 census, Bituše had 161 residents with the following ethnic composition:[4]

  • Macedonians 128
  • Others (including Torbeš) 29
  • Others 3
  • Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 1

References[edit]

  1. ^ Caka, Eduart (2019). Defteri i hollësishëm për zonat e dibrës i vitit 1467. Tiranë: Akademia e studimeve albanologjike instituti historisë. p. 121. Petko Arbenasi, Pavël Arbenasini, and Gjuro Çervenko.
  2. ^ http://pop-stat.mashke.org/alb-historic/1942-diber-tetove-ethnicrel-loc.htm
  3. ^ a b Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 135.
  4. ^ Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021