Želino (, ) is a village and seat of the municipality of Želino, North Macedonia.
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.Турски документи за историјата на македонскиот народ кн.4, Методија Соколоски, д-р Александар Стојановски, Скопје 1971
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: 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.Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 101.
According to the 1942 Albanian census, Želino was inhabited by 1219 Muslim Albanians.
Sports Local football club KF Liria play in the OFS Tetovo league.
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