Yakoruda
Place in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Yakoruda (Bulgarian: Якоруда [jɐkoˈrudɐ]) is a Bulgarian town located in the southwestern part of the country. A part of the Blagoevgrad Province, it is the seat of Yakuroda Municipality which is the north-easternmost in the province. The town lies in the Rhodope Mountains, along the Mesta River, 26 km west of the town of Velingrad. Yakoruda was proclaimed a town on 9 September 1964, having previously been officially classified as a village.
Yakoruda
Якоруда | |
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 Sunset in Yakoruda | |
  Yakoruda Location of Yakoruda | |
| Coordinates: 42°1′N 23°41′E | |
| Country | Bulgaria |
| Provinces (Oblast) | Blagoevgrad |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Nuredin Kafelov |
| Elevation | 888 m (2,913 ft) |
| Population (15.06.2010) | |
• Total | 6,299 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal Code | 2790 |
| Area code | 07442 |
| License plate | E |
A plurality of the residents are Muslim Bulgarians (Pomaks), the rest being for the most part Eastern Orthodox.
Notable natives are Survivor BG season one runner-up Ahmed Shuganov, Minister of Labour and Social Policy Emiliya Maslarova, and Dr. Anna Petrova-Mayor, Professor of Physics at California State University Chico.
Yakoruda Glacier on Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica is named after Yakoruda.
Entrance road to Yakoruda from Yundola
View of Yakoruda central parts
Yakoruda Lukoil gas station at the exit road to Yundola
- Unofficial website (in Bulgarian)
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