Kribul | |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Subdivision Type1: | Province (Oblast) |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality (Obshtina) |
Subdivision Name2: | Satovcha |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Pushpin Map: | Bulgaria |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Kribul |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Ibrahim Shishkov |
Leader Party: | MRF |
Government Footnotes: | [1] |
Postal Code Type: | Postal Code |
Subdivision Name1: | Blagoevgrad |
Native Name: | Крибул |
Population Total: | 387 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population As Of: | 2010-12-15 |
Elevation M: | 825 |
Area Total Km2: | 11.029 |
Postal Code: | 2951 |
Area Code: | 07541 |
Registration Plate: | E |
Coordinates: | 41.5667°N 79°W |
Kribul (bg|Крибул, old version: Krabul) is a village in Southwestern Bulgaria. It is located in the Satovcha Municipality, Blagoevgrad Province.
Kribul Hill on Trinity Peninsula in Antarctica is named after the village.[3]
The village of Kribul is located in the Western Rhodope Mountains. It belongs to the Chech region.
In the vicinity of Kribul after archeological research were found the remains of a late medieval church.[4]
In 1873 Kribul (Kraboul) had male population of 140 Pomaks and 50 houses.[5] According to Vasil Kanchov, in 1900, Kribul (Крабулъ) was populated by 550 Bulgarian Muslims[6] According to Stefan Verković at the end of the 19th century the village had male population of 180 Pomaks and 50 houses.[7]
The population is Muslim.