Hvostyane

Hvostyane is a compact village in Garmen Municipality, in Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria. It is situated in the valley of Mesta river 6 kilometers southeast of Garmen and 81 kilometers southeast of Blagoevgrad and is the southernmost village of the municipality.

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Settlement.official_name: Hvostyane
Settlement.native_name: Хвостяне
Settlement.settlement_type: Village
Settlement.image_skyline: MayoraltyBuilding-Hvostyane.jpg
Settlement.pushpin_map: Bulgaria
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: Location in Bulgaria
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Blagoevgrad Province
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Garmen
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor
Settlement.leader_name: Seihan Ahmedov
Settlement.leader_party: GERB
Settlement.area_total_km2: 7.68
Settlement.population_as_of: 15 December 2011
Settlement.population_note: GRAO
Settlement.population_total: 570

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Instance of: kmetstvo of Bulgaria
Official name: Хвостяне
Country: Ottoman Empire
Located in: Garmen
Population: 780
Area: 7.68
Elevation: 506
Time zone: UTC+03:00
Image: MayoraltyBuilding-Hvostyane.jpg
Dialing code: 07522

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postal code: 2942
Commons category: Hvostyane

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There are no industrial subjects in the village. People grow tobacco, potatoes and strawberries. The majority of the people are Muslim of Turks. There is a primary school "Dimitar Talev", but the number of the students is decreasing and a kindergarten, branch of the kindergarten in Dabnitsa.

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