Butel is one of the 10
municipalitiesA municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly denotes a city, town, or village, or a small grouping of them. A municipality is typically governed by a mayor and a city council or municipal council.The notion of municipality...
the make up the city of
SkopjeSkopje is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Macedonia, with more than a quarter of the population of the country, as well as its political, cultural, economic, and academic centre. It was known in the Roman period under the name Scupi. The city developed rapidly after World War II,...
, the capital of the
Republic of MacedoniaMacedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country in the central Balkan peninsula in southeastern Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...
. In a cemetery in Butel is where
George ZorbasGeorge Zorbas was the character upon whom Nikos Kazantzakis based his fictional Alexis Zorbas, the protagonist of his novel Zorba the Greek....
's grave is located. George Zorbas was the character upon whom
Nikos KazantzakisNikos Kazantzakis was arguably the most important and most translated Greek writer and philosopher of the 20th century...
based his fictional
Alexis Zorbas, the protagonist of his novel
Zorba the GreekZorba the Greek is a novel written by the Greek author Nikos Kazantzakis, first published in 1946. It is the tale of a young Greek intellectual who ventures to escape his bookish life with the aid of the boisterous and mysterious Alexis Zorbas...
.
Butel borders
Gazi Baba municipalityGazi Baba is one of the 10 municipalities that make up the city of Skopje, the capital of the Republic of Macedonia. The name of the area and the name of the municipality comes from the nickname of the Ottoman poet Aṣik Çelebi...
to the south-east,
Čair municipalityČair is one of the 10 municipalities that make up the city of Skopje, the capital of the Republic of Macedonia. Skopje's old town is located in Čair.-Geography:...
to the south,
Karpoš municipalityKarpoš is one of the 10 municipalities that make up the city of Skopje, the capital of the Republic of Macedonia.-Geography:Karpoš borders Saraj municipality and Gorče Petrov municipality to the west, Čučer-Sandevo municipality to the north, Butel municipality to the north-east, Čair municipality,...
to the south-west,
Šuto Orizari municipalityŠuto Orizari otherwise known as Šutka or Shutka is one of the ten municipalities that makes up the City of Skopje, the capital of the Republic of Macedonia.-Geography:...
and
Čučer-Sandevo municipalityČučer-Sandevo is a municipality in northern Republic of Macedonia. Čučer-Sandevo is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found...
to the north-west, and
Lipkovo municipalityLipkovo is a municipality in northern Republic of Macedonia. Lipkovo is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found...
to the north-east.
According to the last National census from 2008 Butel has 36,154 inhabitants.
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Butel is one of the 10
municipalitiesA municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly denotes a city, town, or village, or a small grouping of them. A municipality is typically governed by a mayor and a city council or municipal council.The notion of municipality...
the make up the city of
SkopjeSkopje is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Macedonia, with more than a quarter of the population of the country, as well as its political, cultural, economic, and academic centre. It was known in the Roman period under the name Scupi. The city developed rapidly after World War II,...
, the capital of the
Republic of MacedoniaMacedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country in the central Balkan peninsula in southeastern Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...
. In a cemetery in Butel is where
George ZorbasGeorge Zorbas was the character upon whom Nikos Kazantzakis based his fictional Alexis Zorbas, the protagonist of his novel Zorba the Greek....
's grave is located. George Zorbas was the character upon whom
Nikos KazantzakisNikos Kazantzakis was arguably the most important and most translated Greek writer and philosopher of the 20th century...
based his fictional
Alexis Zorbas, the protagonist of his novel
Zorba the GreekZorba the Greek is a novel written by the Greek author Nikos Kazantzakis, first published in 1946. It is the tale of a young Greek intellectual who ventures to escape his bookish life with the aid of the boisterous and mysterious Alexis Zorbas...
.
Geography
Butel borders
Gazi Baba municipalityGazi Baba is one of the 10 municipalities that make up the city of Skopje, the capital of the Republic of Macedonia. The name of the area and the name of the municipality comes from the nickname of the Ottoman poet Aṣik Çelebi...
to the south-east,
Čair municipalityČair is one of the 10 municipalities that make up the city of Skopje, the capital of the Republic of Macedonia. Skopje's old town is located in Čair.-Geography:...
to the south,
Karpoš municipalityKarpoš is one of the 10 municipalities that make up the city of Skopje, the capital of the Republic of Macedonia.-Geography:Karpoš borders Saraj municipality and Gorče Petrov municipality to the west, Čučer-Sandevo municipality to the north, Butel municipality to the north-east, Čair municipality,...
to the south-west,
Šuto Orizari municipalityŠuto Orizari otherwise known as Šutka or Shutka is one of the ten municipalities that makes up the City of Skopje, the capital of the Republic of Macedonia.-Geography:...
and
Čučer-Sandevo municipalityČučer-Sandevo is a municipality in northern Republic of Macedonia. Čučer-Sandevo is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found...
to the north-west, and
Lipkovo municipalityLipkovo is a municipality in northern Republic of Macedonia. Lipkovo is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found...
to the north-east.
Demographics
According to the last National census from 2008 Butel has 36,154 inhabitants.
Ethnic groups in the municipality include:
- Macedonians = 22,506
- Albanians = 9,107
- Turks = 1,304
- Serbs = 1,033
- others.
See also
- Greater Skopje
- Republic of Macedonia
Macedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country in the central Balkan peninsula in southeastern Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...
- Municipalities of the Republic of Macedonia
The municipalities of the Republic of skopje are first-order administrative divisions. In August 2004, the Republic of Macedonia was reorganised into 84 municipalities ; 10 of the municipalities constitute the City of Skopje , a distinct unit of local self-government and the country's capital.Most...
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