Official Name: | Yovkovo |
Native Name: | Йовково |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Bulgaria |
Pushpin Label Position: | Location in Bulgaria |
Subdivision Name: | Bulgaria |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Dobrich Province |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | General Toshevo Municipality |
Area Total Km2: | 7.937 |
Population As Of: | 2019 |
Population Total: | 256 |
Population Footnotes: | https://www.nsi.bg/nrnm/show9.php?sid=2143&ezik=bul |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Coordinates: | 43.7667°N 36°W |
Elevation M: | 170 |
Yovkovo (bg|Йовково pronounced as /bg/) is a village in General Toshevo Municipality, Dobrich Province, in northeastern Bulgaria.[1] The village is named after Yordan Yovkov in 1942. Its Turkish name was Chifut Kyusu (bg|Чифут Куюсу; tr|Çıfıt Kuyusu).
The village has a population of 256 people (as of 2019), down from its peak of 782 inhabitants in 1985. The population consists mainly of ethnic Turks and Tatars. The village used to be part of Romania between 1913 and 1940.