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 | |
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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 | |
| Country |  North Macedonia |
| Region |  Pelagonia |
| Municipality |  Resen |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 213 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Area code | +389 |
| Car plates | RE |
Demographics
editGorna Bela Crkva has a mixed population of Bektashi Muslim Albanians, known locally as Kolonjarë, Turks, and Macedonians.[2][3]
| Ethnic group |
census 1961 | census 1971 | census 1981 | census 1991 | census 1994 | census 2002 | census 2021 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | 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 | 9 | 4.2 |
| Albanians | 141 | 32.5 | 207 | 40.9 | 332 | 56.2 | 135 | 28.3 | 117 | 54.4 | 114 | 61.0 | 109 | 51.2 |
| Turks | 290 | 66.8 | 291 | 57.5 | 220 | 37.2 | 106 | 22.2 | 98 | 45.6 | 73 | 39.0 | 88 | 41.3 |
| others | 1 | 0.2 | 5 | 1.0 | 38 | 6.4 | 235 | 49.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources | 7 | 3.3 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 434 | 506 | 591 | 477 | 215 | 187 | 213 | |||||||
References
edit- ^ "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
41°03′N 21°01′E / 41.050°N 21.017°E