Bituše

Bituše

Bituše

Village in Polog, North Macedonia

Bituše (Macedonian: Битуше) is a village in the 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.[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

  1. [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. [2]
    http://pop-stat.mashke.org/alb-historic/1942-diber-tetove-ethnicrel-loc.htm
  3. [3]
    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. [4]
    Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021


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