Želino Municipality

Municipality of Želino

Општина Желино
Komuna e Zhelinës
Municipality of Želino Општина Желино; Komuna e Zhelinës
Rural municipality
	Flag Coat of arms
Country	North Macedonia
Region	Polog
Municipal seat	Želino
Government
• Mayor	Blerim Sejdiu
Area
• Total	201.04 km2 (77.62 sq mi)
Elevation	755 m (2,477 ft)
Population (2021)
• Total	18,988
• Density	94/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
Area code	044
Car Plates	TE
Website	Official Website

Želino (Macedonian: Желино^ⓘ, Albanian: Zhelinë) is a municipality in the northwestern part of North Macedonia. Želino is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found. This municipality is part of the Polog Statistical Region.

Geography

The municipality borders Jegunovce Municipality to the north, the City of Skopje to the east, Tetovo Municipality to the northwest, Brvenica Municipality to the west, Sopište Municipality to the southeast, and Makedonski Brod Municipality to the south.

The municipality includes the Kozjak Hydro Power Plant which created the associated artificial lake, the largest such lake in the country.

This municipality has 18,988 inhabitants, according to the 2021 North Macedonia census.^[1] Ethnic groups in the municipality:

	2002		2021
	Number	%	Number	%
TOTAL	24,390	100	18,988	100
Albanians	24,195	99.2	18,191	95.8
Macedonians	71	0.29	9	0.04
Bosniaks	5	0.02	1	0.01
Turks	2	0.01
Serbs	1	0.004
Other / Undeclared / Unknown	116	0.476	3	0.02
Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources			784	4.13

Demographics of Želino Municipality
Census year	Population

1994	21,760

2002	24,390

2021	18,988