Bela Crkva (Krupanj)

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Bela Crkva
Бела Црква
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A church in Bela Crkva
Bela Crkva (Krupanj)
Coordinates: 44°23′39″N19°28′52″E / 44.39417°N 19.48111°E / 44.39417; 19.48111
Country Serbia
Administrative District Mačva District
Municipality Krupanj
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
15313
Area code 015
Vehicle registration LO
Location of the Krupanj municipality in Serbia Serbia Krupanj.png
Location of the Krupanj municipality in Serbia

Bela Crkva (Бела Црква, pronounced [bɛ̂ːlaːtsr̩̂ːkv̞a] ) is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Krupanj municipality, in the Mačva District of Central Serbia. The village had a Serb ethnic majority and a population of 755 in 2002.

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On 7 July 1941, two Serbian police officers were ambushed and killed by Yugoslav partisans in Bela Crkva; this was one of the pivotal moments in the outbreak of the 1941 Serbian uprising. [1]

Historical population

References

  1. Hillgruber, Andreas; Hümmelchen, Gerhard (1989) [1978]. "Juli 1941". Chronik des Zweiten Weltkrieges: Kalendarium militärischer und politischer Ereignisse 1939–1945 (in German). Bindlach: Gondrom. pp. 83–88. ISBN   3811206427.
  2. In Serbian Књига 9, Становништво, упоредни преглед броја становника 1948, 1953, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1991, 2002, подаци по насељима, Републички завод за статистику, Београд, мај 2004, ISBN   86-84433-14-9

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