Momchilgrad
Sign in to saveMomchilgrad ( , , Turkish: Mestanlı) is a town in the very south of Bulgaria, part of Kardzhali Province in the southern part of the Eastern Rhodopes. According to the 2011 census, Momchilgrad is the largest Bulgarian settlement with a Turkish majority (75% of the total).
Key facts
- Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.official_name
- Momchilgrad
- Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.subdivision_name
- Bulgaria
- Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.subdivision_type1
- Province(Oblast)
- Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.timezone
- EET
- Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.utc_offset
- +2
- Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.timezone_DST
- EEST
- Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.utc_offset_DST
- +3
- Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.image_skyline
- Momchilgrad-square.JPG
- Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.image_caption
- Town square
- Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.map_caption
- Location of Momchilgrad
- Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.pushpin_map
- Bulgaria
- Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of Momchilgrad
- Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.named_for
- Momchil
- Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.postal_code_type
- Postal Code
- Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.subdivision_name1
- Kardzhali
- Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.population_total
- 7831
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Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Momchil
- Official name
- Момчилград
- Country
- Ottoman Empire
- Located in
- Momchilgrad
- Population
- 7591
- Area
- 16.198
- Elevation
- 452
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Capital of
- Momchilgrad
- Official website
- www.momchilgrad.bg
- Image
- Momchilgrad-square.JPG
- Dialing code
- 03631
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- category of associated people
- Category:People from Momchilgrad
- postal code
- 6800
- Commons category
- Momchilgrad
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Bulgaria
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Momchilgrad ( , , Turkish: Mestanlı) is a town in the very south of Bulgaria, part of Kardzhali Province in the southern part of the Eastern Rhodopes. According to the 2011 census, Momchilgrad is the largest Bulgarian settlement with a Turkish majority (75% of the total).
Notable natives include Petar Stoychev (b. 1976), the fastest swimmer across the English Channel until 2012, table tennis player and coach Daniela Gergelcheva (b. 1964), Turkish weightlifter Naim Süleymanoğlu (1967–2017), and singer Zdravko Zhelyazkov from the Riton pop duet.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Momchilgrad” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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