Belovište

Belovište (Macedonian: Беловиште), until 1945 Golemo Turčane (Macedonian: Големо Турчане, Albanian: Turçan i Madh) is a village in the municipality of Gostivar, North Macedonia.

According to the 1467-68 Ottoman defter, Golemo Turčane appears as being largely inhabited by an Orthodox Christian Albanian population.

[1] According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 2267 inhabitants.

[2] Ethnic groups in the village include:[2] According to the 1942 Albanian census, Belovište was inhabited by 0 Muslim Albanians and 380 Serbs.

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