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Borino
Ягодина | |
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Coordinates: 41°41′0.94″N 24°17′33.71″E / 41.6835944°N 24.2926972°E | |
Country | Bulgaria |
Provinces (Oblast) | Smolyan Province |
Government | |
• Mayor | Mustafa Karaahmed |
Elevation | 1,146 m (3,760 ft) |
Population (15.09.2022) | |
• Total | 2,338[1] |
Time zone | UTC+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.