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Bellacërkë

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Wikipedia
  • Type: Village with 2,270 residents
  • Description: village in Kosovo
  • Also known as: “Bela Crkva”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Krushë e Madhe and Bishtazhin.

Village
is a village in the municipality of of western . It was a stronghold of the Kosovo Liberation Army during the Kosovo War. On 26 March 1999, the Yugoslav Army massacred over a hundred unarmed Kosovo Albanian civilians in the village in retaliation for the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia. is situated 6 km southeast of Bellacërkë.

Village
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is a village located near , . It is inhabited exclusively by Albanians. is situated 7 km west of Bellacërkë.

Photo: Bujar I Gashi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town and municipality located in the southwestern part of Kosovo, in the District of Gjakova. It’s known for its rich cultural heritage, diverse population, and especially for being a prominent wine-producing region.

Bellacërkë

Latitude
42.35777° or 42° 21′ 28″ north
Longitude
20.59341° or 20° 35′ 36″ east
Population
2,270
Open location code
8GJ29H5V+49
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3205320356
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Wiki­data ID
Q13037500
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Turkish—“Bellacërkë” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Bellacërka”
  • Dutch: “Bela Crkva”
  • French: “Bela Crkva”
  • Italian: “Bela Crkva”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bellacërkë”
  • Russian: “Бела-Црква”
  • Serbian: “Bela Crkva”
  • Serbian: “Бела Црква (Ораховац)”
  • Serbian: “Бела Црква”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Bela Crkva”
  • Turkish: “Bellacërkë”

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