Fargovo

Fargovo
Фъргово
Village
Fargovo

Location of Fargovo

Coordinates: 41°35′N 24°0′E / 41.583°N 24.000°ECoordinates: 41°35′N 24°0′E / 41.583°N 24.000°E
Country  Bulgaria
Province
(Oblast)		 Blagoevgrad
Municipality
(Obshtina)		 Satovcha
Government[1]
 • Mayor Ventsislav Katsarov (MRF)
Area
 • Total 11.871 km2 (4.583 sq mi)
Elevation 1,036 m (3,399 ft)
Population (2010-12-15)[2]
 • Total 473
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Postal Code 2952
Area code(s) 07545

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

Geography

The village of Fargovo is located in the Western Rhodope Mountains. It belongs to the Chech region.

History

In 1873 Fargovo (Fregovo) had male population of 45 Pomaks and 140 houses.[3] According to Vasil Kanchov, in 1900 Fargovo (Фъргово) was populated by 260 Bulgarian Muslims[4] According to another statistic by Kanchov about the same time there were 45 houses in the village.[5] According to Stephan Verkovic at the end of the 19th century the village had male population of 168 Pomaks and 45 houses.[6]

Religions

The population is Muslim and consists of Pomaks.

Notes

  1. ↑ http://results.cik.bg/tur1/mestni/0142_76203.html
  2. ↑ http://www.grao.bg/tna/tadr-2010.txt
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ Кънчов, Васил (1996) [1900]. "Неврокопска Каза". Македония. Етнография и статистика (in Bulgarian) (II ed.). София: Проф. М. Дринов. p. 195.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ 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.