Rupite
Sign in to saveRupite (, ) is a village which includes a small mountainous protected area in the southeastern part of Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria, 11 kilometers northeast of Petrich, Petrich Municipality, on the western bank of the Struma River. It is best known as the place where alleged Bulgarian clairvoyant Baba Vanga lived. The area is also associated with the crater of an extinct volcano, the hills of Kozhuh and Pchelina, and the warm thermal springs. The village has 1,124 inhabitants.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Rupite
- Settlement.native_name
- Рупите
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Kozhuh-rupite-imagesfrombulgaria.jpg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Bulgaria
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location within Bulgaria
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Blagoevgrad
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Petrich
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Georgi Atanasov
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 9257
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 147
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2019
- Settlement.population_total
- 926
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Rupite (, ) is a village which includes a small mountainous protected area in the southeastern part of Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria, 11 kilometers northeast of Petrich, Petrich Municipality, on the western bank of the Struma River. It is best known as the place where alleged Bulgarian clairvoyant Baba Vanga lived. The area is also associated with the crater of an extinct volcano, the hills of Kozhuh and Pchelina, and the warm thermal springs. The village has 1,124 inhabitants.
==Nature== left|thumb|200px|Gardens near the St. Petka temple The landscape of Rupite is dominated by the eminence of Kozhuh (кожух, "fur coat," taking its name from its shape) to the west. Although it is only 281 m high, it rises prominently from the flat Petrich Plain. The eminence, which is part of the outskirts of an extinct volcano, consists of three small summits, of which the middle one is the highest. Volcanic rocks and rock pyramids can be observed at the foot of Kozhuh.