Slashten | |
Native Name: | Слащен |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Bulgaria |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Slashten |
Coordinates: | 41.5°N 25°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province (Oblast) |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality (Obshtina) |
Subdivision Name1: | Blagoevgrad |
Subdivision Name2: | Satovcha |
Government Footnotes: | [1] |
Leader Party: | MRF |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Dzheit Neizir |
Area Total Km2: | 20.975 |
Elevation M: | 679 |
Population Total: | 1973 |
Population As Of: | 2010-12-15 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Postal Code Type: | Postal Code |
Postal Code: | 2937 |
Area Code: | 07546 |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Registration Plate: | E |
Slashten (bg|Слащен) is a village in Southwestern Bulgaria. It is located in the Satovcha Municipality, Blagoevgrad Province.
The village of Slashten is located in the Western Rhodope Mountains. It belongs to the Chech region.
In 1873 Slashten (Slaschtene) had male population of 130 Pomaks and 50 houses.[3] According to Vasil Kanchov, in 1900 Slashten was populated by 750 Bulgarian Muslims[4] According to another statistic by Kanchov about the same time there were 90 houses in the village.[5]
The population is Muslim and consists of Pomaks.
The cave Stapalkite (The Steps) is 64 meters long with 38 meters denivelation (vertical rise).