Gorna Bela Crkva
Gorna Bela Crkva
Горна Бела Црква Bollocërkë e Sipërme Yukarı Bela Tsırkva | |
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Village | |
![]() Panoramic view of the village | |
![]() ![]() Gorna Bela Crkva Location within North Macedonia | |
Coordinates: 41°03′00″N 21°01′40″E / 41.05000°N 21.02778°E | |
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Municipality | ![]() |
Population (2002) | |
• Total | 187 |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Area code(s) | +389 |
Car plates | RE |
Gorna Bela Crkva (Macedonian: Горна Бела Црква, meaning Upper White Church; Albanian: Bollocërkë e Sipërme; Turkish: Yukarı Bela Tsırkva) is a village in the Resen Municipality of the Republic of North Macedonia, north of Lake Prespa. The village is situated under 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) from the municipal centre of Resen.[1]
Demographics[]
Gorna Bela Crkva has a mixed population of Bektashi Muslim Albanians, known locally as Kolonjarë, and Turks,[2] and is one of only two villages in Resen Municipality with no ethnic Macedonian residents (the other being Kozjak).[3][4]
Ethnic group |
census 1961 | census 1971 | census 1981 | census 1991 | census 1994 | census 2002 | ||||||
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Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | |
Macedonians | 2 | 0.5 | 3 | 0.6 | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Albanians | 141 | 32.5 | 207 | 40.9 | 332 | 56.2 | 135 | 28.3 | 117 | 54.4 | 114 | 61.0 |
Turks | 290 | 66.8 | 291 | 57.5 | 220 | 37.2 | 106 | 22.2 | 98 | 45.6 | 73 | 39.0 |
others | 1 | 0.2 | 5 | 1.0 | 38 | 6.4 | 235 | 49.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Total | 434 | 506 | 591 | 477 | 215 | 187 |
Gallery[]
Sign hailing entrance on road into Gorna Bela Crkva
Architecture of Gorna Bela Crkva
Architecture of Gorna Bela Crkva
Architecture of Gorna Bela Crkva
Old school of Gorna Bela Crkva (now disused)
Mosque of Gorna Bela Crkva
Muslim cemetery of Gorna Bela Crkva
Haystack in Gorna Bela Crkva fields
Apple orchard in Gorna Bela Crkva
Cultivated field in Gorna Bela Crkva
Cows in Gorna Bela Crkva
References[]
- ^ "Gorna Bela Crkva". Retrieved 31 July 2013.
- ^ Sugarman, Jane (1997). Engendering song: Singing and subjectivity at Prespa Albanian weddings. University of Chicago Press. pp. 9–11. ISBN 9780226779720.
- ^ Censuses of population 1948 - 2002 Archived 2013-10-14 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Włodzimierz, Pianka (1970). Toponomastikata na Ohridsko-Prespanskiot bazen. Institut za makedonski jazik "Krste Misirkov". p. 124. "Но само со исклучок на Козјак и Г. Бела Црква, во сите селата живеат Македонци кои сочинуваат мнозинство."
Coordinates: 41°03′N 21°01′E / 41.050°N 21.017°E
- Villages in Resen Municipality
- Albanian communities in North Macedonia
- Pelagonia Region geography stubs