Bogolin

Bogolin
Боголин
Village
Bogolin

Location of Bogolin

Coordinates: 41°33′N 23°58′E / 41.550°N 23.967°ECoordinates: 41°33′N 23°58′E / 41.550°N 23.967°E
Country  Bulgaria
Province
(Oblast)		 Blagoevgrad
Municipality
(Obshtina)		 Satovcha
Government[1]
 • Mayor Biser Karailiev (CEDB)
Area
 • Total 5.344 km2 (2.063 sq mi)
Elevation 947 m (3,107 ft)
Population (2010-12-15)[2]
 • Total 451
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Postal Code 2931
Area code(s) 07547

Bogolin (Bulgarian: Боголин) is a village in Southwestern Bulgaria. It is located in the Satovcha Municipality, Blagoevgrad Province.

Geography

The village of Bogolin is located in the Western Rhodope Mountains a few kilometers away from the border with Greece. The nearest villages are Ablanitsa, Valkosel and Kribul. Bogolin belongs to the Chech region.

History

According to the legend, the village was founded by a person called Begalin Chumarya who emigrated from the village of Valkosel and settled where is now Bogolin giving the name of the village.[3]

In 1873 Bogolin (Bobolina) had male population of 28 Pomaks and 12 houses.[4] According to Vasil Kanchov, in 1900, Bogolin (Боболинъ) was populated by 65 Bulgarian Muslims[5] According to another statistic by Kanchov about the same time there were 13 houses in the village.[6] According to Stephan Verkovic at the end of the 19th century the village had male population of 40 Pomaks and 12 houses.[7]

Religions

The population is Muslim and consists of Pomaks.

People

Notes

  1. ↑ http://results.cik.bg/tur2/mestni/0142_04707.html
  2. ↑ http://www.grao.bg/tna/tadr-2010.txt
  3. ↑ Моллов, Сюлейман (1968). "Боголин". Родопи (in Bulgarian) 11: 18. ISSN 0861-1327.
  4. ↑ Македония и Одринско. Статистика на населението от 1873 г. (in Bulgarian, French, English, Russian) (II ed.). София: Македонски научен институт. 1995 [1878]. pp. 130–131.
  5. ↑ Кънчов, Васил (1996) [1900]. "Неврокопска Каза". Македония. Етнография и статистика (in Bulgarian) (II ed.). София: Проф. М. Дринов. p. 196.
  6. ↑ Кънчов, Васил (1970) [1894-1896]. "Неврокопската каза". Пътуване по долините на Струма, Места и Брегалница. Битолско, Преспа и Охридско (in Bulgarian). София: Наука и изкуство. p. 274.
  7. ↑ Райчевски, Стоян (2004) [1998]. Българите мохамедани (in Bulgarian) (II ed.). София: Национален музей на българската книга и полиграфия. p. 111. ISBN 954-9308-51-0.