Borino

Borino
Ягодина
Borino is located in Bulgaria
Borino
Borino
Location of Borino, Bulgaria
Coordinates: 41°41′0.94″N 24°17′33.71″E / 41.6835944°N 24.2926972°E / 41.6835944; 24.2926972
Country Bulgaria
Provinces
(Oblast)
Smolyan Province
Government
 • MayorMustafa Karaahmed
Elevation
1,146 m (3,760 ft)
Population
 (15.09.2022)
 • Total2,338[1]
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code
4824
Area code(s)03042 from Bulgaria, 003593042 from outside

Borino (Bulgarian: Борино, Turkish: Karabulak) is a village of Smolyan Province in southern Bulgaria. It is the administrative centre of Borino Municipality.[2]

Borino is situated in a valley in the Western Rhodope Mountains, at an altitude of 1,140 metres (3,740 ft). It is a multi-ethnic village with communities of Turks, Bulgarians, Muslim Bulgarians, and Roma. As a municipal center, Borino includes the villages of Yagodina, Chala, Kozhari, and Buinovo.

Nearby places of interest include Yagodinska Cave, Devil's Throat Cave, Trigrad Gorge, and Buynovo Gorge, the Devil's Bridge, The Old Roman Bridge – Kemera, Videnitsa Peak, and the Kastrakli Nature Reserve.

  1. ^ "Tables of Persons Registered by Permanent Address and by Current Address". Official Site of the Civil Registration and Administrative Services (GRAO). Retrieved 24 December 2023.
  2. ^ Location of Borino - Falling Rain Genomics