Gorna Bela Crkva

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]

Gorna Bela Crkva

Горна Бела Црква
Bollocërkë e Sipërme
Yukarı Bela Tsırkva
Village
Panoramic view of the village
Gorna Bela Crkva
Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°03′00″N 21°01′40″E
Country North Macedonia
Region Pelagonia
Municipality Resen
Population
 (2002)
 • Total187
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code(s)+389
Car platesRE

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
  • 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
  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."


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