Gorna Lešnica (, ) is a village in the municipality of Želino, North Macedonia.
History Gorna Lešnica is attested in the 1467/68 Ottoman tax registry (defter) for the Nahiyah of Kalkandelen. The village had a total of 75 Christian households and 5 bachelors.Турски документи за историјата на македонскиот народ кн.4, Методија Соколоски, д-р Александар Стојановски, Скопје 1971
Demographics As of the 2021 census, Gorna Lešnica had 114 residents with the following ethnic composition:Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021 Albanians 104 Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 10
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 189 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 101. Albanians 188 Macedonians 1
According to the 1942 Albanian census, Gorna Lešnica was inhabited by 326 Muslim Albanians.
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