Butel Municipality (; ) is one of the ten municipalities that make up the City of Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia. The municipality administration consists of a council and mayor.
Butel is located along the north-central and north-eastern areas of Skopje not far from the modern city center and most of the municipality extends eastward in a panhandle shape toward the Skopska Crna Gora mountain range. It borders the Gazi Baba Municipality to the southeast, the ÃÂair Municipality to the south, the Karpoà ¡ Municipality to the southwest, the à  uto Orizari and ÃÂuÃÂer-Sandevo Municipalities to the northwest, and the Lipkovo Municipality to the northeast.
Prior to 2004 the Butel municipality was within the boundaries of a larger ÃÂair municipality that had a majority Macedonian population (60.60%), followed by Albanians (20.89%), Turks (4.12%), Bosniaks (3.40%), Romani (1.46%) and Serbs (2.11%). The new territorial-administrative reform of 2004 divided the municipal unit into a smaller ÃÂair municipality with an Albanian majority and a separate Butel municipality with a Macedonian majority. The new boundaries of ÃÂair municipality resulted in the loss of its industrial zone to the Butel municipality which previously provided most of the revenue for the ÃÂair municipal budget.
According to North Macedonia's latest 2021 census, the Butel municipality has 37,968 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the municipality include:
Per the 2021 North Macedonia census Butel had a total population of 37,968, of whom 19,230 were female and 18,738 male.[5]
There are 5 inhabited places in this municipality.