Bogolin

Bogolin (Bulgarian: Боголин) is a village in Southwestern Bulgaria. It is located in the Satovcha Municipality, Blagoevgrad Province.

Bogolin Боголин
Village
Bogolin Location of Bogolin
Coordinates: 41°33′N 23°58′E
Country	Bulgaria
Province (Oblast)	Blagoevgrad
Municipality (Obshtina)	Satovcha
Government [1]
• Mayor	Biser Karailiev (CEDB)
Area
• Total	5.344 km^2 (2.063 sq mi)
Elevation	947 m (3,107 ft)
Population  (2010-12-15)[2]
• Total	451
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code	2931
Area code(s)	07547

Geography

The village of Bogolin is located in the Western Rhodope Mountains a few kilometers away from the border with Greece. The nearest villages are Ablanitsa, Valkosel and Kribul. Bogolin belongs to the Chech region.

History

According to the legend, the village was founded by a person called Begalin Chumarya who emigrated from the village of Valkosel. Chumarya settled at the location that is now Bogolin and gave the village its name.[3]

In 1873 Bogolin (Bobolina) had a male population of 28 Pomaks and 12 houses.[4] According to Vasil Kanchov, in 1900, Bogolin (Боболинъ) was populated by 65 Bulgarian Muslims.[5] According to another statistic by Kanchov, at about the same time there were 13 houses in the village.[6] According to Stephan Verkovic, at the end of the 19th century the village had a male population of 40 Pomaks and 12 houses.[7]

Religion

The population is Muslim and consists of Pomaks.

Notable people

• Emil Biserov Yurukov - former member of parliament

References

1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-11-03. Retrieved 2011-10-31.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
2. http://www.grao.bg/tna/tadr-2010.txt
3. Моллов, Сюлейман (1968). "Боголин". Родопи (in Bulgarian). 11: 18. ISSN 0861-1327.
4. Македония и Одринско. Статистика на населението от 1873 г. (in Bulgarian, French, English, and Russian) (II ed.). София: Македонски научен институт. 1995 [1878]. pp. 130–131.
5. Кънчов, Васил (1996) [1900]. "Неврокопска Каза". Македония. Етнография и статистика (in Bulgarian) (II ed.). София: Проф. М. Дринов. p. 196.
6. Кънчов, Васил (1970) [1894-1896]. "Неврокопската каза". Пътуване по долините на Струма, Места и Брегалница. Битолско, Преспа и Охридско (in Bulgarian). София: Наука и изкуство. p. 274.
7. Райчевски, Стоян (2004) [1998]. Българите мохамедани (in Bulgarian) (II ed.). София: Национален музей на българската книга и полиграфия. p. 111. ISBN 954-9308-51-0.