Ardino

Ardino Ардино
Distant view of Ardino
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Ardino Location of Ardino
Coordinates: 41°35′N 25°08′E
Country	Bulgaria
Province (Oblast)	Kurdzhali
Government
• Mayor	İzzet Şaban
Elevation	684 m (2,244 ft)
Population  (15.12.2010)
• Total	4,185
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code	6750
Area code	03651

Main square in Ardino seen from the bridge.

Devil's bridge near Ardino.

Ardino (Bulgarian: Ардино, formerly Turkish: Eğridere) is a town in southern Bulgaria, in the Rhodope Mountains. It is located in Kardzhali Province and it is also close to Smolyan.

It is famous for its textile industry. It has a machine-building factory and a tobacco manufacturing industry. Tourist attractions include the Belite Brezi, the Eagle rocks, and the Dyavolski most (Devil's bridge).

History

Under Ottoman rule, Ardino, then known in Turkish as Eğridere, was a kaza centre in the Sanjak of Gümülcine in the Adrianople Vilayet before the Balkan Wars. Ardino received its name in 1934 and was declared as a town in 1960. Ardino is the birthplace of Sabahattin Ali, Turkish novelist, poet and journalist.

Further information on the Ardino historic site: Orlovi Skali

Villages

• Avramovo
• Ahryansko
• Bashevo
• Bistrogled
• Bogatino
• Borovitsa
• Brezen
• Byal izvor
• Chervena skala
• Chernigovo
• Chubrika
• Glavnik
• Golobrad
• Gorno Prahovo
• Gurbishte
• Dedino
• Doyrantsi
• Dolno Prahovo
• Dyadovtsi
• Enyovche
• Hromitsa
• Iskra
• Kitnitsa
• Kroyachevo
• Latinka
• Levtsi
• Lenishte
• Lyubino
• Mak
• Mlechino
• Musevo
• Padina
• Paspal
• Pesnopoy
• Pravdolyub
• Ribartsi
• Rodopsko
• Rusalsko
• Svetulka
• Sedlartsi
• Sinchets
• Spoluka
• Srunsko
• Star chitak
• Stoyanovo
• Suhovo
• Temenuga
• Turna
• Turnoslivka
• Yabulkovets
• Zhaltusha

Notable natives

• Sabahattin Ali (1907–1948), Turkish novelist, short-story writer, poet, and journalist