Satovcha

Satovcha (Bulgarian: Сатовча, old version: Satovitsa, Svatovitsa) is a village in Southwestern Bulgaria. It is the administrative center of the Satovcha Municipality in Blagoevgrad Province.

Satovcha

Сатовча
Village
Coat of arms
Satovcha
Location of Satovcha in Bulgaria
Coordinates: 41°37′N 23°59′E
Country Bulgaria
Province
(Oblast)		Blagoevgrad
Municipality
(Obshtina)		Satovcha
Government
 • MayorArben Mimenov (MRF)
Area
 • Total55.373 km2 (21.380 sq mi)
Elevation
1,029 m (3,376 ft)
Population
 (2010-12-15)[2]
 • Total2,021
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code
2950
Area code(s)07541

Geography
The opening of the first well in the village of Satovcha - 1935.

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

History

According to Vasil Kanchov, in 1900, Satovcha was populated by 832 Bulgarian Muslims and 650 Bulgarian Christians.[3]

Religions

Both Muslims and Christians inhabit the village.

The village has greatly expanded in the last few years in aspects such as hotels, restaurants, supermarkets, and the town center. The main hotel serving the municipality is the three star Zenit hotel. The village is home to three supermarkets.

Satovcha provides the background for the 2013 Bulgarian film "Soul Food Stories." [4]

Honours

Satovcha Peak in Antarctica is named after the village.

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gollark: That would fit with the general pattern of governments responding to bad things.
gollark: Apparently by texting numbers you can send payments, on mobile phones. What UTTER IDIOT thought that that was a good and secure idea?
gollark: The phone system is seemingly a weird horrible mess.
gollark: Apparently pirates had the eyepatches to be able to switch to a dark-adapted eye to see belowdecks.

References
  1. http://results.cik.bg/tur1/mestni/0142.html
  2. http://www.grao.bg/tna/tadr-2010.txt
  3. (in Bulgarian) Kanchov, V. Makedonia. Ethnography and statistics. Sofia, 1900, p. 196.
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