Bituše

Bituše (Macedonian: Битуше) is a village in the municipality of Mavrovo and Rostuša, North Macedonia.

Bituše
Village
Битуше
Panoramic view of the village
Bituše Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 41.6167°N 20.5883°E / 41.6167; 20.5883
Country	North Macedonia
Region	Polog
Municipality	Mavrovo and Rostuša
Population  (2021)
• Total	161
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Car plates	GV
Website	.

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