Gorna Bela Crkva

Village in Pelagonia, North Macedonia

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, Turks, and Macedonians.^[2][3]

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

41°03′N 21°01′E / 41.050°N 21.017°E / 41.050; 21.017