Crnilište (, ) is a village in the municipality of Dolneni, North Macedonia.
Demographics Crnilište appears in 15th century Ottoman defters as a village in the nahiyah of Köprülü. Among its inhabitants, a certain Dimitri Arnaud is recorded as a household head, bearing the attribute Arnaut, a medieval Ottoman rendering for Albanians.
In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village of Crnilište (Tsernilišča) was inhabited by 60 Bulgarian Christians, 580 Albanian Muslims, and 80 Romanis.Vasil Kanchov (1900). Macedonia: Ethnography and Statistics. Sofia. p. 264.
On the Ethnographic Map of the Bitola Vilayet of the Cartographic Institute in Sofia from 1901, Crnilište appears as a mixed village of Bulgarians, Albanians and Turks in the Prilep Kaza of the Bitola Sandzak with 80 houses. Михајловски, Роберт, уред. (2017). Етнографска карта на Битолскиот вилает (PDF). Каламус. стр. 24.
According to the 2021 census, the village had a total of 1,937 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:Macedonian Census (2021), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2021
Albanians 1,894 Macedonians 23 Turks 2 Others 18 YearMacedonianAlbanianTurksRomaniVlachsSerbsBosniaksOthersTotal2002311,70426.........131,7652021231,8942............181,937
Notable people Ezgjan Alioski, footballer Sherif Sulejmani, Albanian voivode
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