Bela Crkva (; meaning ''White Church'') is a village in the
Municipality of Krivogaštani,
Prilep
Prilep ( ) is the List of cities in North Macedonia, fourth-largest city in North Macedonia. According to 2021 census, it had a population of 63,308.
Name
The name of Prilep appeared first as ''Πρίλαπος'' in Greek (''Prilapos'') in 1 ...
Oblast
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,
North Macedonia
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. It is situated along the main road between
Krivogaštani and
Demir Hisar.
Demographics
Presil is attested in the Ottoman
defter
A ''defter'' was a type of tax register and land cadastre in the Ottoman Empire.
Etymology
The term is derived from Greek , literally 'processed animal skin, leather, fur', meaning a book, having pages of goat parchment used along with papyrus ...
of 1467/68 as a village in the
vilayet of Manastir. The majority of the inhabitants attested bore typical
Slavic anthroponyms, with a small minority exhibiting Albanian anthroponyms such as ''Dika'' and ''Leko''.
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 498 inhabitants.
[ Ethnic groups in the village include:][Macedonian Census (2002)]
''Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion''
The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 124.
* Macedonians 498
References
Villages in Krivogaštani Municipality
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