Želino | |
Native Name: | Желино Zhelinë |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | North Macedonia#Europe |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in North Macedonia##Location in Europe |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Polog |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Želino |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 3,432 |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Coordinates: | 41.9833°N 25°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Website: | . |
Blank Name: | Car plates |
Blank Info: | TE |
Želino (Macedonian: {{Audio|Mk-Zhelino.ogg|Желино, Albanian: Zhelinë) is a village and seat of the municipality of Želino, North Macedonia.
According to the 1467-68 Ottoman defter, Želino appears as being largely inhabited by an Orthodox Christian Albanian population. Due to Slavicisation, some families had a mixed Slav-Albanian anthroponomy - usually a Slavic first name and an Albanian last name or last names with Albanian patronyms and Slavic suffixes.
The names are: Progon siromah (poor); Nela, his son; Hamza, son of Hrança; Dimitri, son of Hrança; Nikolla, son of Progon; Dabzhiv, son of Progon; Miladin, son of Progon.[1]
As of the 2021 census, Želino had 3,432 residents with the following ethnic composition:[2]
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 4,110 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include 4100 Albanians, one Bosniak, and nine others.[3]
According to the 1942 Albanian census, Želino was inhabited by 1219 Muslim Albanians.[4]
Local football club KF Liria play in the OFS Tetovo league.