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Rupite
Рупите | |
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Village | |
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  Rupite Location within Bulgaria | |
| Coordinates: 41°26′30″N 23°14′28″E / 41.44167°N 23.24111°E | |
| Country |  Bulgaria |
| Province | Blagoevgrad |
| Municipality | Petrich |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Georgi Atanasov |
| Area | |
• Total | 9,257 km2 (3,574 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 147 m (482 ft) |
| Population (2019) | |
• Total |  926 |
Rupite (Bulgarian: Рупите, pronounced [ˈrupitɛ]) is a village which includes a small mountainous protected area in the southeastern part of Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria, 11 kilometers northeast of Petrich, Petrich Municipality, on the western bank of the Struma River. It is best known as the place where alleged Bulgarian clairvoyant Baba Vanga lived. The area is also associated with the crater of an extinct volcano, the hills of Kozhuh and Pchelina, and the warm thermal springs. The village has 1,124 inhabitants.