Čair municipality prior to 2004 was larger and included Butel municipality within its boundaries that has a majority Macedonian population (48.60%), followed by Albanians (38.89%), 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 Čair municipality with an Albanian majority (57.01%) and a separate Butel municipality with a Macedonian majority.
Prior to 2004, Čair municipality was larger and included Butel municipality within its boundaries, which had a Macedonian population of 48.60% and an Albanian population of 38.89%. In 2004, the territorial-administrative reform divided the municipal unit into two parts: a smaller Čair municipality with an Albanian majority (57.01%) and a separate Butel municipality with a Macedonian majority.