Dabnitsa

Dabnitsa
Дъбница
—  Village  —
Dabnitsa
Coordinates:
Country  Bulgaria
Province Blagoevgrad Province
Municipality Garmen
Government
 • Mayor Hasim Ademov (NDPS)
Area
 • Total 11,200 km2 (4,324.3 sq mi)
Population (15-12-2011 [1])
 • Total 1,652
  GRAO
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Postal Code 2940
Area code(s) 07522

Dabnitsa is a village in the municipality of Garmen, in Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria.[2] It is situated in the Dabrash part of the Rhodope Mountains 4 kilometers south-southeast of Garmen and 79 kilometers southeast of Blagoevgrad.

The area has been inhabited during the Thracian and Roman period and in the Second Bulgarian Kingdom. There are remains of an old fortress "St. Archangel" (Bulgarian: Свети Архангел, Sveti Arhangel) 1 kilometer north of the village from that period [3]. Nowadays the village is laying at a suitable for transportation spot,where the third class roads from Garmen and Hadzhidimovo are connected with the third class road between Gotse Delchev and Satovcha.

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