Krumovgrad

Krumovgrad

Krumovgrad

Place in Kardzhali, Bulgaria

This article is about the city in Bulgaria. For the football club, see FC Krumovgrad.

Krumovgrad (Bulgarian: Крумовград [ˈkrumovˌɡrat], Turkish: Koşukavak [koˈʃukavak]) is a town in Kardzhali Province in the south of Bulgaria, located in the Eastern Rhodopes on the banks of the river Krumovitsa. The majority of its population is ethnic Pomaks (70.1%), and with 27.3% ethnic Bulgarians.[1] The town is named after the successful medieval Bulgarian ruler Krum, the name meaning 'city of Krum' in Bulgarian.

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Municipality

Krumovgrad is also the seat of Krumovgrad municipality (part of Kardzhali Province), which includes the following 78 villages:

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References

  1. [1]
    Population of provinces, municipalities and settlements by ethnicity Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine(in Bulgarian)
  2. [2]
    "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 9, 2012. Retrieved April 18, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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