Gorno Dryanovo Explained

Official Name:Gorno Dryanovo
Native Name:Горно Дряново
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Bulgaria
Pushpin Label Position:Location in Bulgaria
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Ibrahim Pingov
Leader Party:local coalition
Area Total Km2:11,107
Population As Of:15 December 2011[1]
Population Note:GRAO
Population Total:1042
Utc Offset:+2
Utc Offset Dst:+3
Postal Code Type:Postal Code
Postal Code:2963
Area Code:07527
Coordinates:41.65°N 73°W
Elevation M:1225

Gorno Dryanovo is a mountainous village in Garmen Municipality, in Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria. It is situated in the Dabrash part of the Rhodope Mountains 6 kilometers northeast of Garmen and 73 kilometers southeast of Blagoevgrad on the road to between Leshten and Kovachevitsa.

The village was mentioned in the Ottoman documents in 1660. In the 19th century the village has been noted as Muslim.[2] Ruins from an ancient fortress has been found 3 kilometers north of the village right of the road to Kovachevitsa. Only some remains of the wall on the southern and eastern side has been preserved. The fortress has been used in the Thracian and Roman times.[3]

Nowadays the village is inhabited by people of pomak origin, who are predominantly Muslim. There are no industrial subjects in the village. People grow tobacco and potatoes. Many men work as builders in the neighboring villages and abroad. There is a primary school "St Paisii Hiledarski", a kindergarten (a branch of the kindergarten in Ognyanovo) and a community center with a public library. The health care is provided by two doctors – a general practitioner and a dentist.

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41.65°N 73°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Таблица на населението по постоянен и настоящ адрес област БЛАГОЕВГРАД община БАНСКО. 16 April 2023. grao.bg. bg. 15 December 2015.
  2. Book: Райчевски, Стоян . Българите мохамедани . II издание . 2004 . First published 1998 . Национален музей на българската книга и полиграфия . София . 111 . 954-9308-51-0.
  3. Web site: Description of the fortress in Bulgarian . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120830061058/http://bulgariancastles.com/bulgariancastles/bg/node/2124 . 2012-01-14 . 30 August 2012.