Musomishta Explained

Official Name:Musomishta
Native Name:Мусомища
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Bulgaria
Pushpin Label Position:Location in Bulgaria
Subdivision Name: Bulgaria
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Blagoevgrad Province
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name2:Gotse Delchev
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Todor Libyahovski
Leader Party:Independent
Area Total Km2:32.861
Population As Of:15-03-2012[1]
Population Note:GRAO
Population Total:2285
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3
Postal Code Type:Postal Code
Postal Code:2920
Area Code:0751
Coordinates:41.55°N 68°W
Elevation M:513

Musomishta is a village in Gotse Delchev Municipality, in Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria. It is situated in the valley of Gotse Delchev, just 2 kilometers south-southeast of the town of Gotse Delchev and 75 kilometers southeast of Blagoevgrad.

History

The village is mentioned for first time in 1478 in the Ottoman documents as a village with 158 non-Muslim households and 5 Turk-Muslim households.[2] In 1873 year in the village were counted 93 households with 50 male Muslims and 260 male Bulgarians.[3] In 1900 year Vasil Kanchov describes Musomishta as a village with 523 Bulgarian Exarchists and 100 Muslim Turks.[4] In 1909 in the village were counted 90 Bulgarian households with 450 people and 90 Turkish households with 468 people.[5]

Since the end of 1912 year the village became part of Bulgaria and the Turkish families fled from the village.

Economy

The light industry and the agriculture and stock farming are the most important sources of income in the village. There are clothing and textile, wood processing and furniture making, stone and marble processing and food producing workshops. Several shops for industrial goods and grocery stores are opened in the village. Many people go to work to Gotse Delchev.

Institutions

The village is governed by a Mayor and as part of the Gotse Delchev Municipality by the Municipal Mayor. There is post office in Musomishta, providing all the postal services.

Education and health-care

A kindergarten with a nursery "Prolet" takes care for the children from 0 to 6 years. The primary school "Hristo Botev" is teaching the pupils from 1st to 8th grade. There is a community center with a public library "Nokola Yonkov Vaptsarov". The health care is provided by a general practitioner and a dentist.

Religion

The vast majority of the population are Orthodox Christians. The church in the village is named after St Nicolas of Bari. There is another small church in the end of the village "St George".

References

41.55°N 68°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Таблица на населението по постоянен и настоящ адрес област БЛАГОЕВГРАД община БАНСКО. grao.bg. 7 January 2024. 15 March 2016. bg.
  2. Радушев . Евгени . 1998 . Демографски и етнорелигиозни процеси в Западните Родопи през XV-XVIII век (Опит за преосмисляне на устойчиви историографски модели) . Историческо бъдеще . 1 . 74 . 1311-0144 .
  3. „Македония и Одринско. Статистика на населението от 1873 г.“ Македонски научен институт, София, 1995, стр. 128 - 129.
  4. http://www.promacedonia.org/vk/vk_2_21.htm Васил Кънчов. „Македония. Етнография и статистика“. София, 1900, с. 194
  5. Извори за българската етнография, Т.3, Етнография на Македония, Съставители: Маргарита Василева и Колектив, София, 1998, с.80