Valkosel | |
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 Valkosel |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Ramiz Biljukov |
Leader Party: | MRF |
Government Footnotes: | [1] |
Postal Code Type: | Postal Code |
Subdivision Name1: | Blagoevgrad |
Native Name: | Вълкосел |
Population Total: | 2476 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population As Of: | 2010-12-15 |
Elevation M: | 783 |
Area Total Km2: | 29.506 |
Postal Code: | 2930 |
Area Code: | 07547 |
Registration Plate: | E |
Coordinates: | 41.5333°N 82°W |
Valkosel (Bulgarian: Вълкосел in Bulgarian pronounced as /vɐɫkoˈsɛɫ/) is a village in Southwestern Bulgaria. It is located in the Satovcha Municipality, Blagoevgrad Province.
The village of Valkosel is located in the Western Rhodope Mountains. It belongs to the Chech region.
According to Vasil Kanchov, in 1900 Valkosel was populated by 800 Bulgarian Muslims.[3]
The population is Muslim.
Valkosel Ridge in Antarctica is named after the village.[4]