Jakoruda
| Jakoruda (Якоруда) | |||||
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 Bulgaria
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| Oblast : | Blagoevgrad | ||||
| Residents : | 5453 (December 31, 2016) | ||||
| Coordinates : | 42 ° 1 ' N , 23 ° 41' E | ||||
| Height : | 1603 m | ||||
| Postal code : | 2790 | ||||
| Telephone code : | (+359) 07442 | ||||
| License plate : | E. | ||||
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| Mayor : | Nuredin Kafelov | ||||
Jakoruda ( Bulgarian : Якоруда ) is a city in the southwest of Bulgaria . The city is located in the Blagoevgrad Oblast and is the administrative seat of the Jakoruda municipality of the same name . The city is located in the Rhodope Mountains , on the Nestos River , 26 km west of the city of Velingrad . The village of Jakoruda was declared a city on September 9, 1964.
The majority of the population of Yakoruda are Muslim according to their beliefs , with a decreasing proportion of them Orthodox .
politics
During the municipal elections in Bulgaria in 2007, 17 selected officials from the local parliaments were elected, of which 11 are members of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms , three from the Agricultural Union Party and three from another party. The current mayor of Jakoruda is the former engineer Nuredin Kafelow .
history
The village of Jakoruda emerged from a settlement of Thracians . After the Ottoman rule , the village's infrastructure was badly damaged and cut off from the outside world.
The city has given its name to the Jakoruda Glacier on Greenwich Island in Antarctica since 2005 .
Administrative division
The municipality Jakoruda is divided into the following 8 districts, cities, villages and areas:
traffic
Jakoruda station is on the narrow-gauge Rhodope Railway .
sons and daughters of the town
- Emilia Maslarova , Bulgarian politician
literature
- Jivko Sahatchiev. Yakoruda - Bulgarian drama. S., TANGRA TanNakRa, 2007.