Bogolin ( bg, Боголин) is a

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred ...

in Southwestern

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedo ...

. It is located in the

Satovcha Municipality Satovcha Municipality is a municipality in southwestern Bulgaria and is one of the municipalities in the Blagoevgrad Province. Geography It covers the Southwestern Rhodope Mountains. 14 settlemements belong to the municipality with a total of ...

, Blagoevgrad Province.

Geography

The village of Bogolin is located in the Western Rhodope Mountains a few kilometers away from the border with

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. The nearest villages are Ablanitsa, Valkosel and

Kribul Kribul ( bg, Крибул, old version: ''Krabul'') is a village in Southwestern Bulgaria. It is located in the Satovcha Municipality, Blagoevgrad Province. Kribul Hill on Trinity Peninsula in Antarctica is named after the village. Geography ...

. Bogolin belongs to the Chech region.

History

According to the legend, the village was founded by a person called Begalin Chumarya who emigrated from the village of Valkosel. Chumarya settled at the location that is now Bogolin and gave the village its name. In 1873 Bogolin (''Bobolina'') had a male population of 28

Pomaks Pomaks ( bg, Помаци, Pomatsi; el, Πομάκοι, Pomáki; tr, Pomaklar) are Bulgarian-speaking Muslims inhabiting northwestern Turkey, Bulgaria and northeastern Greece. The c. 220,000 strong ethno-confessional minority in Bulgaria is ...

and 12 houses. According to

Vasil Kanchov Vasil Kanchov ( bg, Васил Кънчов, Vasil Kanchov) (26 July 1862 – 6 February 1902) was a Bulgarian geographer, ethnographer and politician. Biography Vasil Kanchov was born in Vratsa. Upon graduating from High school in Lom ...

, in 1900, Bogolin (''Боболинъ'') was populated by 65

Bulgarian Muslims The Bulgarian Muslims or Muslim Bulgarians ( bg, Българи-мохамедани, ''Bǎlgari-mohamedani'', as of recently also Българи-мюсюлмани, ''Bǎlgari-mjusjulmani'', locally called ''Pomak'', ''ahryan'', ''poganets'', '' ...

. According to another statistic by Kanchov, at about the same time there were 13 houses in the village. According to Stephan Verkovic, at the end of the 19th century the village had a male population of 40

and 12 houses.

Religion

The population is Muslim and consists of

Notable people

* Emil Biserov Yurukov - former

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References

Villages in Blagoevgrad Province Chech {{Blagoevgrad-geo-stub