Osikovo, Blagoevgrad Province

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Osikovo
Осиково
Village
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Osikovo
Coordinates: 41°42′N23°47′E / 41.700°N 23.783°E / 41.700; 23.783
Country Bulgaria
Province Blagoevgrad Province
Municipality Garmen
Government
 • MayorFikret Bayramov (GERB)
Area
 • Total57.475 km2 (22.191 sq mi)
Elevation
1,000 m (3,000 ft)
Population
 (15 December 2011 [1] )
 • Total500
 GRAO
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code
2965
Area code 07533

Osikovo is a mountainous village in Garmen Municipality, in Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria. It is situated in the Dabrash part of the Rhodope Mountains, 11 kilometers north-northwest of Garmen and 66 kilometers southeast of Blagoevgrad.

The village is mentioned in old Ottoman documents from 1636 as "a village with 65 non-Muslim households". [2] In 1900, Osikovo was described as a mixed village with 464 Bulgarian-Christian and 240 Bulgarian-Muslim people. [3] There is an old church "St Demetrius" (Bulgarian : Свети Димитър, Sveti Dimitar), built in 1846 and an artistic monument of culture of local significance. [4]

Nowadays, Osikovo is a pomak village with no industrial subjects. People grow tobacco or go to work in other settlements or abroad. The village lies on the asphalt road between Ognyanovo, Blagoevgrad Province and Ribnovo after the village of Skrebatno, 15 kilometers from Ognyanovo. There are no health care or educational institutions in the village.

Osikovo Ridge on Graham Land, Antarctica is named after the village.

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References

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  2. ↑ Горозданова, Елена (2001). Архивите говорят No. 13 – Турски извори за българската история. София: Главно управление на архивите при МС. p. 41. ISBN   954-9800-14-8.
  3. ↑ Кънчов, Васил (1996) [1900]. "Неврокопска Каза". Македония. Етнография и статистика (in Bulgarian) (II ed.). София: Проф. М. Дринов. p. 195.
  4. ↑ "Other Landmarks". Archived from the original on 2012-04-26. Retrieved 2012-02-07.


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