Bela Crkva (Krupanj)
Bela Crkva
Бела Црква | |
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A church in Bela Crkva | |
| Coordinates: 44°23′39″N 19°28′52″E / 44.39417°N 19.48111°E | |
| 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 |
Bela Crkva (Бела Црква, pronounced [bɛ̂ːlaː tsr̩̂ːkv̞a]) 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.
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.