Yakoruda Explained

Official Name:Yakoruda
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Bulgaria
Subdivision Type1:Provinces
(Oblast)
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3
Pushpin Map:Bulgaria
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Yakoruda
Leader Title:Mayor
Postal Code Type:Postal Code
Native Name:Якоруда
Subdivision Name1:Blagoevgrad
Population Total:6299
Population As Of:15.06.2010
Elevation M:888
Postal Code:2790
Area Code:07442
Blank Info:E
Blank Name:License plate
Coordinates:42.0167°N 64°W
Leader Name:Nuredin Kafelov

Yakoruda (Bulgarian: Якоруда in Bulgarian pronounced as /jɐkoˈrudɐ/) is a Bulgarian town located in the southwestern part of the country. A part of the Blagoevgrad Province, it is the seat of Yakuroda Municipality which is the north-easternmost in the province. The town lies in the Rhodope Mountains, along the Mesta River, 26 km west of the town of Velingrad. Yakoruda was proclaimed a town on 9 September 1964, having previously been officially classified as a village.

A plurality of the residents are Muslim Bulgarians (Pomaks), the rest being for the most part Eastern Orthodox.

Notable natives are Survivor BG season one runner-up Ahmed Shuganov, Minister of Labour and Social Policy Emiliya Maslarova, and Dr. Anna Petrova-Mayor, Professor of Physics at California State University Chico.

Honour

Yakoruda Glacier on Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica is named after Yakoruda.

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