Bituše
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Bituše (Macedonian: Битуше) is a village in the municipality of Mavrovo and Rostuša, North Macedonia.
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 was Albanian in 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]
- Macedonians 95
- Serbs 1
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
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Ethnic/Religious composition of Dibër and Tetovë prefectures".
- ^ 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.
- ^ Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021
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