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Želino
Village in Polog, North Macedonia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Želino (Macedonian: ⓘ, Albanian: Zhelinë) is a village and seat of the municipality of Želino, North Macedonia.
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History
Želino is attested in the 1467/68 Ottoman tax registry (defter) for the Nahiyah of Kalkandelen. The village had a total of 60 Christian households, 3 bachelors and 2 widows.[1]
According to the 1467-68 Ottoman defter, Želino exhibits a Orthodox Christian Slavic anthroponomy along with a presence of Albanian onomastics.[2]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[3]
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Demographics
As of the 2021 census, Želino had 3,432 residents with the following ethnic composition:[4]
- 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.[5]
According to the 1942 Albanian census, Želino was inhabited by 1219 Muslim Albanians.[6]
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Sports
Local football club KF Liria play in the OFS Tetovo league.
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External links
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