Želino

Coordinates: 41°59′N 21°04′E / 41.983°N 21.067°E / 41.983; 21.067
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Želino
Желино
Zhelinë
Village
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Želino (Macedonian: Желино, Albanian: Zhelinë) is a village and seat of the municipality of Želino, North Macedonia.

History

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

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

Bosniak, and nine others.[3]

According to the 1942 Albanian census, Želino was inhabited by 1219 Muslim Albanians.[4]

Sports

Local football club

OFS Tetovo
league.

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021
  3. ^ Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 101.
  4. ^ http://pop-stat.mashke.org/alb-historic/1942-diber-tetove-ethnicrel-loc.htm

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