| Smolevo | |
|---|---|
| Village | |
| Country |  |
| Province | Blagoevgrad Province |
| Municipality | Yakoruda Municipality |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
Smolevo is a village in Yakoruda Municipality, in Blagoevgrad Province, in southwestern Bulgaria. [1]
Yakoruda Municipality is a municipality in Blagoevgrad Province in southwestern Bulgaria. Of all the people who answered the question on their religion, 77% declared Muslim. Most of those Muslims are the so-called Pomaks, or Bulgarian Muslims but they tend to declare themselves as Turkish people.
Blagoevgrad Province, also known as Pirin Macedonia is a province (oblast) of southwestern Bulgaria. It borders four other Bulgarian provinces to the north and east, to the Greek region of Macedonia to the south, and North Macedonia to the west. The province has 14 municipalities with 12 towns. Its principal city is Blagoevgrad, while other significant towns include Bansko, Gotse Delchev, Melnik, Petrich, Razlog, Sandanski, and Simitli.
Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, and the Black Sea to the east. The capital and largest city is Sofia; other major cities are Plovdiv, Varna and Burgas. With a territory of 110,994 square kilometres (42,855 sq mi), Bulgaria is Europe's 16th-largest country.
