Krumovgrad
Krumovgrad Крумовград | |
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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 (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[edit]
Krumovgrad is also the seat of Krumovgrad municipality (part of Kardzhali Province), which includes the following 78 villages:
Climate data for Krumovgrad 1991-2023,records(1926-2024) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °F (°C) | 70.3 (21.3) | 74.7 (23.7) | 83.8 (28.8) | 91.4 (33.0) | 98.2 (36.8) | 101.7 (38.7) | 109.9 (43.3) | 109.8 (43.2) | 104.0 (40.0) | 97.0 (36.1) | 86.0 (30.0) | 74.1 (23.4) | 109.9 (43.3) |
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 45.5 (7.5) | 49.5 (9.7) | 55.9 (13.3) | 65.5 (18.6) | 75.0 (23.9) | 83.3 (28.5) | 89.1 (31.7) | 89.8 (32.1) | 80.4 (26.9) | 69.1 (20.6) | 58.1 (14.5) | 47.8 (8.8) | 67.5 (19.7) |
Daily mean °F (°C) | 36.9 (2.7) | 40.3 (4.6) | 46.0 (7.8) | 54.7 (12.6) | 63.7 (17.6) | 71.2 (21.8) | 76.3 (24.6) | 76.5 (24.7) | 67.8 (19.9) | 57.7 (14.3) | 48.6 (9.2) | 40.1 (4.5) | 56.7 (13.7) |
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 29.8 (−1.2) | 32.9 (0.5) | 37.9 (3.3) | 45.0 (7.2) | 53.6 (12.0) | 60.6 (15.9) | 64.4 (18.0) | 64.6 (18.1) | 57.0 (13.9) | 49.1 (9.5) | 41.4 (5.2) | 33.8 (1.0) | 47.5 (8.6) |
Record low °F (°C) | −8.0 (−22.2) | −7.6 (−22.0) | 6.1 (−14.4) | 22.5 (−5.3) | 35.2 (1.8) | 41.0 (5.0) | 46.4 (8.0) | 46.0 (7.8) | 33.3 (0.7) | 25.9 (−3.4) | 31.3 (−0.4) | 0.7 (−17.4) | −8.0 (−22.2) |
Average precipitation inches (mm) | 3.02 (76.7) | 2.76 (70.1) | 2.71 (68.9) | 2.66 (67.6) | 2.61 (66.2) | 2.01 (51.1) | 1.13 (28.7) | 0.99 (25.1) | 1.44 (36.5) | 2.76 (70.0) | 3.15 (79.9) | 4.27 (108.5) | 29.50 (749.3) |
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[edit]
- ^ 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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