Fargovo

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

Fargovo Фъргово
Village
Fargovo Location of Fargovo
Coordinates: 41°35′N 24°0′E
Country	Bulgaria
Province (Oblast)	Blagoevgrad
Municipality (Obshtina)	Satovcha
Government [1]
• Mayor	Ventsislav Katsarov (MRF)
Area
• Total	11.871 km^2 (4.583 sq mi)
Elevation	1,036 m (3,399 ft)
Population  (2010-12-15)[2]
• Total	473
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code	2952
Area code(s)	07545

Geography

The village of Fargovo is located in the Western Rhodope Mountains. It belongs to the Chech region.

History

In 1873 Fargovo (Fregovo) had male population of 45 Pomaks and 140 houses.[3] According to Vasil Kanchov, in 1900 Fargovo (Фъргово) was populated by 260 Bulgarian Muslims[4] According to another statistic by Kanchov about the same time there were 45 houses in the village.[5] According to Stephan Verkovic at the end of the 19th century the village had male population of 168 Pomaks and 45 houses.[6]

Religions

The population is Muslim and consists of Pomaks.

Notes

1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-10-27. Retrieved 2011-10-31.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
2. http://www.grao.bg/tna/tadr-2010.txt
3. 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.
4. Кънчов, Васил (1996) [1900]. "Неврокопска Каза". Македония. Етнография и статистика (in Bulgarian) (II ed.). София: Проф. М. Дринов. p. 195.
5. 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.
6. 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.