Kribul

Kribul (Bulgarian: Крибул, old version: Krabul) is a village in Southwestern Bulgaria. It is located in the Satovcha Municipality, Blagoevgrad Province.

Kribul Крибул
Village
Kribul Location of Kribul
Coordinates: 41°34′N 23°56′E
Country	Bulgaria
Province (Oblast)	Blagoevgrad
Municipality (Obshtina)	Satovcha
Government [1]
• Mayor	Ibrahim Shishkov (MRF)
Area
• Total	11.029 km^2 (4.258 sq mi)
Elevation	825 m (2,707 ft)
Population  (2010-12-15)[2]
• Total	387
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code	2951
Area code(s)	07541

Kribul Hill on Trinity Peninsula in Antarctica is named after the village.[3]

Geography

The village of Kribul is located in the Western Rhodope Mountains. It belongs to the Chech region.

History

In the vicinity of Kribul after archeological research were found the remains of a late medieval church.[4]

In 1873 Kribul (Kraboul) had male population of 140 Pomaks and 50 houses.[5] According to Vasil Kanchov, in 1900, Kribul (Крабулъ) was populated by 550 Bulgarian Muslims[6] According to Stefan Verković at the end of the 19th century the village had male population of 180 Pomaks and 50 houses.[7]

Religions

The population is Muslim.

Notes

1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-10-27. Retrieved 2011-10-31.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
2. http://www.grao.bg/tna/tadr-2010.txt
3. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
4. "Археологически обекти и места" (in Bulgarian). Община Гоце Делчев. Archived from the original on 2008-05-14. Retrieved 2008-12-18.
5. Македония и Одринско. Статистика на населението от 1873 г. (in Bulgarian, French, English, and Russian) (II ed.). София: Македонски научен институт. 1995 [1878]. pp. 130–131.
6. Кънчов, Васил (1996) [1900]. "Неврокопска Каза". Македония. Етнография и статистика (in Bulgarian) (II ed.). София: Проф. М. Дринов. p. 195.
7. Райчевски, Стоян (2004) [1998]. Българите мохамедани (in Bulgarian) (II ed.). София: Национален музей на българската книга и полиграфия. p. 111. ISBN 954-9308-51-0.