Vaklinovo

Vaklinovo
Ваклиново
Village
Vaklinovo

Location of Vaklinovo

Coordinates: 41°36′N 24°4′E / 41.600°N 24.067°ECoordinates: 41°36′N 24°4′E / 41.600°N 24.067°E
Country  Bulgaria
Province
(Oblast)		 Blagoevgrad
Municipality
(Obshtina)		 Satovcha
Government[1]
 • Mayor Plamen Bratanov (MRF)
Area
 • Total 13.522 km2 (5.221 sq mi)
Elevation 1,006 m (3,301 ft)
Population (2010-12-15)[2]
 • Total 1,132
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Postal Code 2957
Area code(s) 07545

Vaklinovo (Bulgarian: Ваклиново, until 1960 - Marulevo) is a village in Southwestern Bulgaria. It is located in the Satovcha Municipality, Blagoevgrad Province.

Geography

Bayryam (Eid) in the village of Vaklinovo in the beginning of the 20th century.

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

History

In 1873 Vaklinovo (Maroulévo) had male population of 175 Bulgarian Muslims and 63 houses.[3] According to Vasil Kanchov, in 1900, Vaklinovo (Марулево) was populated by 300 Bulgarian Muslims[4] According to another statistic by Kanchov about the same time there were 50 houses in the village.[5] According to Stephan Verkovic at the end of the 19th century the village had male population of 208 Bulgarian Muslims and 63 houses.[6]

Religions

The population is Muslim and consists of Bulgarian Muslims.

Notes

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  1. ↑ http://results.cik.bg/tur1/mestni/0142_10046.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. 132–133.
  4. ↑ Кънчов, Васил (1996) [1900]. "Неврокопска Каза". Македония. Етнография и статистика (in Bulgarian) (II ed.). София: Проф. М. Дринов. p. 196.
  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. 269.
  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.