Bogolin ( bg, Боголин) is a
village
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in Southwestern
Bulgaria
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. It is located in the
Satovcha Municipality
Satovcha Municipality is a municipality in southwestern Bulgaria
Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkan ...
,
Blagoevgrad Province
Blagoevgrad Province ( bg, област Благоевград, ''oblast Blagoevgrad'' or Благоевградска област, ''Blagoevgradska oblast''), also known as Pirin Macedonia or Bulgarian Macedonia ( bg, Пиринска Маке� ...
.
Geography
The village of Bogolin is located in the
Western Rhodope Mountains a few kilometers away from the border with
Greece
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. The nearest villages are
Ablanitsa,
Valkosel and
Kribul
Kribul ( bg, Крибул, old version: ''Krabul'') is a village in Southwestern Bulgaria. It is located in the Satovcha Municipality, Blagoevgrad Province.
Kribul Hill on Trinity Peninsula in Antarctica is named after the village.
Geography
...
. Bogolin belongs to the
Chech region.
History
According to the legend, the village was founded by a person called Begalin Chumarya who emigrated from the village of
Valkosel. Chumarya settled at the location that is now Bogolin and gave the village its name.
In 1873 Bogolin (''Bobolina'') had a male population of 28
Pomaks
Pomaks ( bg, Помаци, Pomatsi; el, Πομάκοι, Pomáki; tr, Pomaklar) are Bulgarian-speaking Muslims inhabiting northwestern Turkey, Bulgaria and northeastern Greece. The c. 220,000 strong ethno-confessional minority in Bulgaria is ...
and 12 houses. According to
Vasil Kanchov
Vasil Kanchov ( bg, Васил Кънчов, Vasil Kanchov) (26 July 1862 – 6 February 1902) was a Bulgarian geographer, ethnographer and politician.
Biography
Vasil Kanchov was born in Vratsa. Upon graduating from High school in Lom ...
, in 1900, Bogolin (''Боболинъ'') was populated by 65
Bulgarian Muslims
The Bulgarian Muslims or Muslim Bulgarians ( bg, Българи-мохамедани, ''Bǎlgari-mohamedani'', as of recently also Българи-мюсюлмани, ''Bǎlgari-mjusjulmani'', locally called ''Pomak'', ''ahryan'', ''poganets'', '' ...
. According to another statistic by Kanchov, at about the same time there were 13 houses in the village. According to
Stephan Verkovic, at the end of the 19th century the village had a male population of 40
Pomaks
Pomaks ( bg, Помаци, Pomatsi; el, Πομάκοι, Pomáki; tr, Pomaklar) are Bulgarian-speaking Muslims inhabiting northwestern Turkey, Bulgaria and northeastern Greece. The c. 220,000 strong ethno-confessional minority in Bulgaria is ...
and 12 houses.
Religion
The population is
Muslim and consists of
Pomaks
Pomaks ( bg, Помаци, Pomatsi; el, Πομάκοι, Pomáki; tr, Pomaklar) are Bulgarian-speaking Muslims inhabiting northwestern Turkey, Bulgaria and northeastern Greece. The c. 220,000 strong ethno-confessional minority in Bulgaria is ...
.
Notable people
* Emil Biserov Yurukov - former
member of parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with Bicameralism, bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house ...
References
Villages in Blagoevgrad Province
Chech
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