Borino Municipality () is a municipality in
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 ...
, southern
Bulgaria
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. Covering a territory of 173,2 km
2, 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
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.
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
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(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 Buynovo
File:Čala, Smoljan.jpg , The village of Chala
Citations
References
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{{Borino Municipality
Municipalities in Smolyan Province