Gorna Bela Crkva Горна Бела Црква Bollocërkë e Sipërme Yukarı Bela Tsırkva |
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Village | |
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Location within Macedonia | |
Coordinates: 41°03′00″N 21°01′40″E / 41.05000°N 21.02778°E | |
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Municipality | Resen Municipality |
Population (2002) | |
• Total | 187 |
Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
• Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
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.
Gorna Bela Crkva has a mixed population of Bektashi Muslim Albanians, known locally as Kolonjarë, and Turks, and is one of only two villages in Resen Municipality with no ethnic Macedonian residents (the other being Kozjak).
Coordinates: 41°03′N 21°01′E / 41.050°N 21.017°E