Dragodan

Dragodan () is a village in Kocherinovo Municipality, Kyustendil Province, south-western Bulgaria. As of 2013 it has 94 inhabitants. It is situated close to the right bank of the Struma River to the north of the village of Borovets, at some 2 km to the north-west of the municipal centre Kocherinovo.

Key facts

Settlement.elevation_m: 386
Settlement.postal_code: 2625
Settlement.official_name: Dragodan
Settlement.native_name: Драгодан
Settlement.settlement_type: Village
Settlement.image_skyline: Bulgaria Bulgaria-0571 - Dragodan village (7409235850).jpg
Settlement.map_caption: Location of Dragodan
Settlement.pushpin_map: Bulgaria
Settlement.pushpin_relief: 1
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: Location in Bulgaria
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Kyustendil Province
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Kocherinovo
Settlement.area_total_km2: 8.733
Settlement.population_as_of: 2013
Settlement.population_total: 86

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At the outbreak of the First Balkan War in 1912 one person from Dragodan joined the Macedonian-Adrianopolitan Volunteer Corps that was formed in support the Bulgarian war effort against the Ottoman Empire.

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