Zhizhevo | |
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 Zhizhevo |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Biser Mladenov |
Leader Party: | BSP |
Government Footnotes: | [1] |
Postal Code Type: | Postal Code |
Subdivision Name1: | Blagoevgrad |
Native Name: | Жижево |
Population Total: | 380 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population As Of: | 15 December 2010 |
Elevation M: | 846 |
Area Total Km2: | 14.668 |
Postal Code: | 2956 |
Area Code: | 07545 |
Coordinates: | 41.55°N 26°W |
Official Name: | Zhizhevo/Blagoevgrad/Bulgaria |
Zhizhevo (Bulgarian: Жижево, old variants: Zhizhovo, Darzhilovo) is a village in Southwestern Bulgaria. It is located in the Satovcha Municipality, Blagoevgrad Province.
The village of Zhizhevo is located in the Western Rhodope Mountains. It belongs to the Chech region.
According to Vasil Kanchov, in 1900 Zhizhevo was populated by 503 Bulgarian Muslims,[3] living in 60 houses.[4]
The population is Muslim.