Želino
Želino is a village and seat of the municipality of Želino, North Macedonia.
History
Želino is attested in the 1467/68 Ottoman tax registry for the Nahiyah of Kalkandelen. The village had a total of 60 Christian households, 3 bachelors and 2 widows.According to the 1467-68 Ottoman defter, Želino exhibits an Orthodox Christian Slavic anthroponomy along with a presence of Albanian onomastics.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
Demographics
As of the 2021 census, Želino had 3,432 residents with the following ethnic composition: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.
According to the 1942 Albanian census, Želino was inhabited by 1219 Muslim Albanians.