Krumovgrad
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Krumovgrad is a town in Kardzhali Province
Kardzhali Province
Kardzhali Province is a province of southern Bulgaria, neighbouring Greece with the Greek prefectures of Xanthi, Rhodope and Evros to the south and east. Kardzhali Province area is 3209.1 km². Its main city is Kardzhali.-History:...

 in the very south of Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...

, located in the Eastern Rhodopes on the banks of the river Krumovitsa
Krumovitsa
The Krumovitsa River is a river in the eastern Rhodope Mountains of Bulgaria. The river valley is formed by the Krumovitsa River and the Djushun River together with the surrounding low mountain slopes.-Geography and Geology:...

. The majority of its population consists of ethnic Turks
Turks in Bulgaria
The Turks in Bulgaria number 588,318 people and constitute 8.8% of those who declared their ethnic group and 8.0% of the total population according to the 2011 Bulgarian census. 605,802 persons or 9.1% of the population pointed Turkish language as their mother tongue. They are also the largest...

. The town is named after the successful medieval Bulgarian ruler Krum, the name meaning 'city of Krum' in Bulgarian.

Municipality

Krumovgrad is also the seat of Krumovgrad municipality (part of Kardzhali Province), which includes the following 78 villages:
  • Avren
  • Bagriltsi
  • Baratsi
  • Blagun
  • Boynik
  • Bryagovets
  • Buk
  • Chal
    Chal
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  • Chernichevo
    Chernichevo, Kardzhali Province
    Chernichevo is a village in southern Bulgaria, located in the municipality of Krumovgrad in the Kardzhali Province. It is situated in the Eastern part of Rhodope Mountains, near the border with Greece. Its original Bulgarian name is "Dunyata"...

  • Chernooki
  • Dazhdovnik
  • Devesilitsa
  • Devesilovo
  • Doborsko
  • Dolna Kula
    Dolna Kula
    Dolna kula is a village in Kardzhali Province in the very south of Bulgaria, located in the Eastern Rhodopes on the banks of the river Krumovitsa. The majority of its population consists of ethnic Turks.- External links :*...

  • Dolni Yurutsi
  • Dzhanka
    Dzhanka
    Dzhanka is a village in Krumovgrad municipality, Kardzhali Province in the very south of Bulgaria, located in the Eastern Rhodopes. The majority of its population consists of ethnic Turks....

  • Egrek
  • Edrino
  • Golyama Chinka
  • Golyam Devesil
  • Golyamo Kamenyane
  • Gorna Kula
    Gorna Kula
    Gorna kula is a village in Kardzhali Province in the very south of Bulgaria, located in the Eastern Rhodopes on the banks of the river Krumovitsa. The majority of its population consists of ethnic Turks.- External links :*...

  • Gorni Yurutsi
  • Grivka
  • Guliyka
  • Guliya
  • Hisar
  • Hrastovo
  • Kalaydzhievo
  • Kamenka
  • Kandilka
  • Kachulka
  • Kovil
  • Kozhuhartsi
  • Kotlari
  • Krasino
  • Kaklitsa
  • Leshtarka
  • Limets
  • Lulichka
  • Malka Chinka
  • Malko Kamenyane
  • Malak Devesil
  • Metlika
  • Moryantsi
  • Ovchari
  • Oreshari
  • Padalo
  • Pashintsi
  • Pelin
    Pelin
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  • Perunika
    Perunika
    Perunika is a village in the municipality of Kuršumlija, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 64 people....

  • Podrumche
  • Polkovnik Zhelyazovo
    Polkovnik Zhelyazovo
    Polkovnik Zhelyazovo is a village in Krumovgrad municipality, Kardzhali Province, located in the Eastern Rhodope Mountains of southern Bulgaria....

  • Potocharka
  • Potochnitsa
  • Ralichevo
  • Ribino
  • Rogach
  • Ruchey
  • Samovila
  • Sarnak
  • Sbor
  • Siniger
  • Skalak
  • Sladkodum
  • Slivarka
  • Stari Chal
  • Strandzhevo
  • Strazhets
  • Studen Kladenets
  • Tintyava
  • Tokachka
  • Topolka
  • Vransko
  • Zvanarka
  • Zimornitsa
  • Zlatolist
    Zlatolist, Kardzhali Province
    Zlatolist is a village in southern Bulgaria, located in the Krumovgrad municipality of the Kardzhali Province.It is situated in the Eastern Rhodopes on the banks of the Krumovitsa River. The majority of its population consists of ethnic Turks....


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