Slashten ( bg, Слащен) is a
village in Southwestern
Bulgaria. It is located in the
Satovcha Municipality,
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 Slashten is located in the
Western Rhodope Mountains. It belongs to the
Chech region.
History
In 1873 Slashten (''Slaschtene'') had male population of 130
Pomaks and 50 houses. According to
Vasil Kanchov, in 1900 Slashten was populated by 750
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 about the same time there were 90 houses in the village.
Religions
The population is
Muslim
Muslims ( ar, المسلمون, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abrah ...
and consists of
Pomaks.
Culture and Nature
The
cave ''Stapalkite'' (The Steps) is 64 meters long with 38 meters denivelation (vertical rise).
References
Villages in Blagoevgrad Province
Chech
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