Krumovgrad

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Krumovgrad

Province (oblast)	Kardzhali
Population	8,690 (13.09.2005)
Altitude	209 m
Postal code	6900
Area code	03641
Geographic coordinates	41° 28' north, 25° 39' east
Time zone	EET (UTC+2; UTC+3 in summer)
Mayor	Sebihan Mehmed

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 consists of ethnic Turks. The town is named after the successful medieval Bulgarian ruler Krum, the name meaning 'city of Krum' in Bulgarian.

[edit] 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 Tokachka Topolka Vransko Zvanarka Zimornitsa Zlatolist

[edit] Investment potential

Systematic exploration had been underway in the region for over four years and preliminary drilling results indicated outstanding potential for gold mineralization in the Kardzhali province. The feasibility study show good opportunities for open-pit mining with annual production in the range of 130 - 150 thousand ounces of gold.