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)
• Total	187
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code(s)	+389
Car plates	RE

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

Gallery

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  Sign hailing entrance on road into Gorna Bela Crkva
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  Architecture of Gorna Bela Crkva
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  Architecture of Gorna Bela Crkva
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  Architecture of Gorna Bela Crkva
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  Old school of Gorna Bela Crkva (now disused)
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  Mosque of Gorna Bela Crkva
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  Muslim cemetery of Gorna Bela Crkva
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  Haystack in Gorna Bela Crkva fields
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  Apple orchard in Gorna Bela Crkva
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  Cultivated field in Gorna Bela Crkva
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  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."