Krumovgrad
Крумовград | |
|---|---|
 Centre of Krumovgrad | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Krumovgrad Location of Krumovgrad | |
| Coordinates: 41°28′N 25°39′E / 41.467°N 25.650°E | |
| Country | Bulgaria |
| Province (Oblast) | Kardzhali |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Sebihan Mehmed |
| Elevation | 209 m (686 ft) |
| Population (13.09.2005) | |
| • Total | 8,690 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal Code | 6900 |
| Area code | 03641 |
| Website | krumovgrad |
Krumovgrad (Bulgarian: Крумовград [ˈkrumovˌɡrat], Turkish: Koşukavak [koˈʃukavak]) is a town in Kardzhali Province in the south of Bulgaria, located in the Eastern Rhodopes on the banks of the river Krumovitsa. The majority of its population is ethnic Pomaks (Bulgarian muslims) (70.1%), and with 27.3% ethnic Bulgarians.[1] The town is named after the successful medieval Bulgarian ruler Krum, the name meaning 'city of Krum' in Bulgarian.
Municipality
Krumovgrad is also the seat of Krumovgrad municipality (part of Kardzhali Province), which includes the following 78 villages:
| Climate data for Krumovgrad 1926-1970,records(1926-1970) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 68.9 (20.5) |
73.6 (23.1) |
82.2 (27.9) |
88.9 (31.6) |
98.2 (36.8) |
101.7 (38.7) |
109.9 (43.3) |
108.7 (42.6) |
104.0 (40.0) |
96.4 (35.8) |
79.7 (26.5) |
73.4 (23.0) |
109.9 (43.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 41.9 (5.5) |
47.7 (8.7) |
54.0 (12.2) |
65.1 (18.4) |
73.9 (23.3) |
81.5 (27.5) |
87.4 (30.8) |
87.4 (30.8) |
79.7 (26.5) |
68.0 (20.0) |
56.8 (13.8) |
46.6 (8.1) |
65.8 (18.8) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 35.1 (1.7) |
39.0 (3.9) |
43.9 (6.6) |
54.1 (12.3) |
62.8 (17.1) |
70.0 (21.1) |
75.2 (24.0) |
74.5 (23.6) |
67.1 (19.5) |
57.2 (14.0) |
48.2 (9.0) |
39.7 (4.3) |
55.6 (13.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 28.8 (−1.8) |
32.0 (-0.0) |
35.8 (2.1) |
44.2 (6.8) |
52.0 (11.1) |
59.0 (15.0) |
63.7 (17.6) |
63.0 (17.2) |
56.5 (13.6) |
48.6 (9.2) |
41.4 (5.2) |
33.8 (1.0) |
46.6 (8.1) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −11.0 (−23.9) |
−10.8 (−23.8) |
10.8 (−11.8) |
21.2 (−6.0) |
35.2 (1.8) |
41.0 (5.0) |
46.4 (8.0) |
46.0 (7.8) |
33.3 (0.7) |
25.9 (−3.4) |
13.3 (−10.4) |
0.7 (−17.4) |
−11.0 (−23.9) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 5.0 (126) |
3.3 (85) |
3.0 (77) |
2.9 (73) |
2.8 (72) |
2.3 (58) |
1.7 (42) |
0.8 (21) |
2.1 (53) |
3.1 (79) |
3.9 (100) |
4.1 (105) |
35.1 (891) |
| Average precipitation days | 9.6 | 8.8 | 8.5 | 8.1 | 9.5 | 9.0 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 9.0 | 9.7 | 10.5 | 93.4 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 80 | 76 | 74 | 69 | 69 | 65 | 59 | 58 | 65 | 75 | 80 | 81 | 71 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 93 | 118 | 168 | 201 | 261 | 303 | 338 | 331 | 235 | 167 | 115 | 79 | 2,490 |
| Source: http://climatebase.ru/station/15730/?lang=en | |||||||||||||
References
- ↑ Population of provinces, municipalities and settlements by ethnicity Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine(in Bulgarian)
- ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 9, 2012. Retrieved April 18, 2012.
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