Belovište (), until 1945 Golemo Turčane (, ) is a village in the municipality of Gostivar, North Macedonia.
History Belovište is attested in the 1467/68 Ottoman tax registry (defter) for the Nahiyah of Kalkandelen. The village had a total of 80 Christian households, 5 widows and 2 bachelors.Турски документи за историјата на македонскиот народ кн.4, Методија Соколоски, д-р Александар Стојановски, Скопје 1971
Demographics According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 2267 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. 87.
Albanians 1418 Macedonians 832 Romani 5 Bosniaks 1 Others 11
According to the 1942 Albanian census, Belovište was inhabited by 0 Muslim Albanians and 380 Serbs.
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