Krumovgrad

Krumovgrad Крумовград
Centre of Krumovgrad Centre of Krumovgrad
Coat of arms
Krumovgrad Location of Krumovgrad
Coordinates:
Country	Bulgaria
Province (Oblast)	Kardzhali
Government
• Mayor	Sebihan Mehmed
Elevation	209 m (686 ft)
Population (13.09.2005)
• Total	8,690
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal Code	6900
Area code(s)	03641
Website	krumovgrad.bg

Krumovgrad (Bulgarian: Крумовград, Turkish: Koşukavak) is a town in Kardzhali Province in the very south of Bulgaria, located in the Eastern Rhodopes on the banks of the river Krumovitsa. The majority of its population is Bulgarian (70%), with a large Turkish minority (27%). The town is named after the successful medieval Bulgarian ruler Krum, the name meaning 'city of Krum' in Bulgarian.

Municipality

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

Avren Bagriltsi Baratsi Blagun Boynik Bryagovets Buk Chal Chernichevo Chernooki Dazhdovnik Devesilitsa Devesilovo Doborsko Dolna Kula Dolni Yurutsi Dzhanka Egrek Edrino Golyama Chinka Golyam Devesil Golyamo Kamenyane Gorna Kula Gorni Yurutsi Grivka Guliyka Guliya Hisar Hrastovo Kalaydzhievo Kamenka Kandilka Kachulka Kovil Kozhuhartsi Kotlari Krasino Kaklitsa Leshtarka

Limets Lulichka Malka Chinka Malko Kamenyane Malak Devesil Metlika Moryantsi Ovchari Oreshari Padalo Pashintsi Pelin Perunika Podrumche Polkovnik Zhelyazovo Potocharka Potochnitsa Ralichevo Ribino Rogach Ruchey Samovila Sarnak Sbor Siniger Skalak Sladkodum Slivarka Stari Chal Strandzhevo Strazhets Studen Kladenets Tintyava (Tırfıllı before 1934 ) Tokachka Topolka Vransko Zvanarka Zimornitsa Zlatolist

External links

• Informative web site about Krumovgrad