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Borino Municipality
Borino Municipality () is a municipality in Smolyan Province, southern Bulgaria. Covering a territory of 173,2 km2, it is the eighth largest of the ten municipalities in the province and takes 5.42% of its total area. It is among the few municipalities of Bulgaria that consists only of villages. It is entirely located in the western Rhodope Mountains. Demography The population is 3,118 as of 2022. There are five villages — the capital Borino (pop. 2,338), as well as Buynovo (230), Chala (108), Kozhari Kozhari () is a village in southern Bulgaria. It has a population of 63 as of 2022. Geography Kozhari is located in the southwestern part of Smolyan Province and has a territory of 10.147 km2. It is part of Borino Municipality and situate ... (63) and Yagodina (379). Gallery File:Село Буйново, Западни Родопи.jpg , The village of Buynovo File:Orlovo oko2.jpg , A view to Buynovo Gorge File:Buynovsko jdrelo 4.jpg , A bridge near B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Provinces Of Bulgaria
A province is an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman , which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions outside Italy. The term ''province'' has since been adopted by many countries. In some countries with no actual provinces, "the provinces" is a metaphorical term meaning "outside the capital city". While some provinces were produced artificially by colonial powers, others were formed around local groups with their own ethnic identities. Many have their own powers independent of central or federal authority, especially in Canada and Pakistan. In other countries, like China or France, provinces are the creation of central government, with very little autonomy. Etymology The English word ''province'' is attested since about 1330 and derives from the 13th-century Old French , which itself comes from the Latin">-4; we might wonder whether there's a point at which it's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smolyan Province
Smolyan Province (, ''Oblast Smolyan''; former name Smolyan okrug) is a province in Southern-central Bulgaria, located in the Rhodope Mountains, neighbouring Greece to the south. It is named after its administrative and industrial centre — the city of Smolyan. The province embraces a territory of .Bulgarian Provinces area and population 1999 — National Center for Regional Development — page 90-91 that is divided into 10 municipalities with a total population of 124,795, as of December 2009.Bulgarian Nationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bulgaria
Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern portion of the Balkans directly south of the Danube river and west of the Black Sea. Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey to the south, Serbia and North Macedonia to the west, and Romania to the north. It covers a territory of and is the tenth largest within the European Union and the List of European countries by area, sixteenth-largest country in Europe by area. Sofia is the nation's capital and List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, largest city; other major cities include Burgas, Plovdiv, and Varna, Bulgaria, Varna. One of the earliest societies in the lands of modern-day Bulgaria was the Karanovo culture (6,500 BC). In the 6th to 3rd century BC, the region was a battleground for ancient Thracians, Persians, Celts and Ancient Macedonians, Macedonians; stability came when the Roman Empire conquered the region in AD 45. After the Roman state splintered, trib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhodope Mountains
The Rhodopes (; , ; , ''Rodopi''; ) are a mountain range in Southeastern Europe, and the largest by area in Bulgaria, with over 83% of its area in the southern part of the country and the remainder in Greece. Golyam Perelik is its highest peak at . The mountain range gives its name to the terrestrial ecoregion Rodope montane mixed forests that belongs in the temperate broadleaf and mixed forests biome and the Palearctic realm. The region is particularly notable for its karst areas with their deep river gorges, large caves and specific sculptured forms, such as the Trigrad Gorge. A significant part of Bulgaria's hydropower resources are located in the western areas of the range. There are a number of hydro-cascades and dams used for electricity production, irrigation, and as tourist destinations. Name and mythology The name of the Rhodope Mountains is of Thracian origin. Rhod-ope (Род-oпа) is interpreted as the first name of a river, meaning "rusty/reddish river", wher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borino
Borino (, ) is a village of Smolyan Province in southern Bulgaria. It is the administrative centre of Borino Municipality. Borino is situated in a valley in the Western Rhodope Mountains, at an altitude of . It is a multi-ethnic village with communities of Turks, Bulgarians, Muslim Bulgarians, and Roma. As a municipal center, Borino includes the villages of Yagodina, Chala, Kozhari, and Buinovo. Nearby places of interest include Yagodinska Cave, Devil's Throat Cave, Trigrad Gorge, and Buynovo Gorge, the Devil's Bridge, The Old Roman Bridge – Kemera, Videnitsa Peak, and the Kastrakli Nature Reserve. History Ancient history The Rhodopes are considered one of the cradles of European civilization. It is estimated that primitive people settled the region around 65,000 to 60,000 BC. The oldest evidence of human presence in the Rhodopes, flint instruments, was discovered in Borino by an archeological excavation near the current Orpheus Chalet. During fall and winter, eneolithic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buynovo, Smolyan Province
Buynovo () is a village in southern Bulgaria. It has a population of 230 as of 2022. Geography Buynovo is located in the southwestern part of Smolyan Province and has a territory of 45.467 km2. It is part of Borino Municipality and situated just north and east of the border with Greece. The closest settlement is the village of Kozhari to the southeast. Other nearby villages include Chala, Yagodina and Trigrad. The village is situated in the western part of the Rhodope Mountains along the river Vacha. Upstream of the village in northern direction is Buynovo Gorge with dramatic steep cliffs. Along the gorge is located Yagodinska Cave, the longest in the Rhodope Mountains. Both the gorge and the cave are listed in the 100 Tourist Sites of Bulgaria 100 Tourist Sites of Bulgaria is a Bulgarian national Social movement, movement established in 1966 to promote tourism among Bulgaria's most significant cultural, historic, and natural landmarks. As part of this program, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chala, Bulgaria
Chala () is a village in southern Bulgaria. It has a population of 108 as of 2022. Geography Chala is located in the southwestern part of Smolyan Province and has a territory of 12.185 km2. It is part of Borino Municipality. The closest settlements are the villages of Borino to the north, Yagodina to the east, Buynovo to the south and Zmeitsa to the west. The village is situated in the western part of the Rhodope Mountains in the valley of the river Vacha. Landmarks in its vicinity include Yagodinska Cave Yagodinska Cave () is a cave in the Rhodope Mountains, southern Bulgaria. It is included in the 100 Tourist Sites of Bulgaria and is named after the homonymous village nearby. With a total length of 10,500 m, Yagodinska is the fourth longest ... and Buynovo Gorge. Citations {{Authority control Villages in Smolyan Province ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kozhari
Kozhari () is a village in southern Bulgaria. It has a population of 63 as of 2022. Geography Kozhari is located in the southwestern part of Smolyan Province and has a territory of 10.147 km2. It is part of Borino Municipality and situated just north of the border with Greece. The closest settlement is the village of Buynovo, Smolyan Province, Buynovo to the northwest. The village is situated in the western part of the Rhodope Mountains, about 2 km northwest of the source of the river Vacha (river), Vacha and 13 km of the Yagodinska Cave. Citations {{Authority control Villages in Smolyan Province ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yagodina, Bulgaria
Yagodina () is a village in southern Bulgaria. It has a population of 379 as of 2022. Geography Yagodina is located in the southwestern part of Smolyan Province and has a territory of 30,838 km2. It is part of Borino Municipality and situated close to the border with Greece. It lies 24 km south of the towns of Devin. The closest settlements are the villages of Teshel and Gyovren to the north, Trigrad to the southeast and Chala to the west. Yagodina is situated in the western part of the Rhodope Mountains in the valley of the river Vacha. Two of the Rhodope's most famous gorges are partially within the territory of the villages, the Buynovo and the Trigrad Gorges. The forested summit of Durdaga (1,693 m) lies 700 m of Yagodina. The most renown landmark of the village is Yagodinska Cave, the longest in the Rhodope Mountains and one of the longest in Bulgaria. There are numerous tourist trails in its vicinity, leading to other caves, such as the Devil's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
