Gorna Bela Crkva

Gorna Bela Crkva
Горна Бела Црква
Bollocërkë e Sipërme
Yukarı Bela Tsırkva
Village
Panoramic view of the village
Gorna Bela Crkva
Location within Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°03′00″N 21°01′40″E / 41.05000°N 21.02778°E / 41.05000; 21.02778
Country  Macedonia
Municipality Resen 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 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
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

References

  1. ↑ "Gorna Bela Crkva". Retrieved 31 July 2013.
  2. ↑ Sugarman, Jane (1997). Engendering song: Singing and subjectivity at Prespa Albanian weddings. University of Chicago Press. pp. 9–11. ISBN 9780226779720.
  3. ↑ Censuses of population 1948 - 2002 Archived 2013-10-14 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ 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 / 41.050; 21.017


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