Arda, Bulgaria
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Arda (
Smolyan Municipality, located in the Smolyan Province of southern Bulgaria. It is located 173.424 km from Sofia and the village covers an area of 17.928 km2.[1] As of 2007, the village had a population of 314 people.[1]
The village is located 30 km south of Smolyan. The village is mentioned in records of the Ottoman Empire, indicating 13 soldiers in the army were from the village. A census in 1912-1913 indicated a population of 200.
Some of the inhabitants of the village are
Eastern Orthodox Bulgarians
.
The Ilinden festival takes place in the village every summer. Near the village of Arda, in the neighbourhoods of Gudevitsa and Lagat (birthplace of folk singer
Arda
, from which the village takes its name. In this neighbourhood is also a church, built in 1882.
Notable people
- Valya Balkanska (1942–), Bulgarian folk singer
- Vasil Angelov (1882–1953), Bulgarian revolutionary and military person
- Dicho Uzunov (1921–), Bulgarian military person
- Asen Vasilev (1909–1987), carver, folk artist
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Arda, Smolyan District.
- ^ a b "Village of Arda". Guide-Bulgaria. Archived from the original on 20 November 2008. Retrieved December 3, 2008.
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