Dagonovo Explained

Official Name:Dagonovo
Native Name:Дагоново
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Bulgaria
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Pushpin Label Position:Location in Bulgaria
Subdivision Name: Bulgaria
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Blagoevgrad Province
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name2:Belitsa
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Ivan Barabunov
Leader Party:DPS
Area Total Km2:15,802
Population As Of:15-12-2010
Population Note:GRAO
Population Total:724
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3
Postal Code Type:Postal Code
Postal Code:2779
Area Code:074406
Coordinates:41.95°N 59°W
Elevation M:1110

Dagonovo (Bulgarian: Дагоново) is a village in the municipality of Belitsa, in Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria. It is located approximately 8 kilometers east from Belitsa and 85 kilometers southeast from Sofia on the eastern bank of Mesta river. The village is situated less than 1 km east of the secondary road Razlog - Velingrad and on the Septemvri-Dobrinishte narrow gauge line.

Until 1955 the village was a neighborhood of Babyak.[1] The population is Muslim of pomak origin. There is an elementary school "Petko R. Slaveikov" and a kindergarten. Electricity is provided by aerial wires. Drinking water is supplied from the lake "Ribno". There is a sewage draining system.

Notes and References

  1. Николай Мичев, Петър Коледаров. „Речник на селищата и селищните имена в България 1878 – 1987", София, 1989.