Želino
Желино Zhelinë | |
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Village | |
 Želino in Želino Municipality, in North Macdeonia | |
  Želino Location in North Macedonia  Želino Location in Europe | |
| Coordinates: 41°59′N 21°04′E / 41.983°N 21.067°E | |
| Country |  North Macedonia |
| Region | Polog |
| Municipality | Želino |
| Population (2021) | |
| • Total | 3,432 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Car plates | TE |
| Website | . |
Želino (Macedonian: ⓘ, Albanian: Zhelinë) is a village and seat of the municipality of Želino, North Macedonia.
History[edit]
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]
Demographics[edit]
As of the 2021 census, Želino had 3,432 residents with the following ethnic composition:[2]
- Albanians 3,340
- Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 91
- Others 1
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]
Sports[edit]
Local football club KF Liria play in the OFS Tetovo league.
References[edit]
- ^ Rexha, Iljaz (2011). "Vendbanimet dhe popullsia albane gjatë mesjetës në hapësirën e Maqedonisë së sotme: Sipas burimeve sllave dhe osmane". Gjurmime Albanologjike: Seria e Shkencave Historike (41–42): 115.
- ^ Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021
- ^ Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 101.
- ^ http://pop-stat.mashke.org/alb-historic/1942-diber-tetove-ethnicrel-loc.htm
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