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Krumovgrad ( , ) is a town in Kardzhali Province in the south of Bulgaria, located in the Eastern Rhodopes on the banks of the river Krumovitsa. According to 2011 census, the population is ethnic Bulgarians (48.97%), ethnic Turks (18.95%), and others including the Romani people. The town is named after the successful medieval Bulgarian ruler Krum, the name meaning 'city of Krum' in Bulgarian.

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Крумовград
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Krumovgrad ( , ) is a town in Kardzhali Province in the south of Bulgaria, located in the Eastern Rhodopes on the banks of the river Krumovitsa. According to 2011 census, the population is ethnic Bulgarians (48.97%), ethnic Turks (18.95%), and others including the Romani people. 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: Avren Bagriltsi Baratsi Blagun Boynik Bryagovets Buk Chal Chernichevo Chernooki Dazhdovnik Devesilitsa Devesilovo Doborsko Dolna Kula Dolni Yurutsi Dzhanka Egrek Edrino Golyama Chinka Golyam Devesil Golyamo Kamenyane Gorna Kula Gorni Yurutsi Grivka Guliyka Guliya Hisar Hrastovo Kalaydzhievo Kamenka Kandilka Kachulka Kovil Kozhuhartsi Kotlari Krasino Kaklitsa Leshtarka Limets Lulichka Malka Chinka Malko Kamenyane Malak Devesil Metlika Moryantsi Ovchari Oreshari Padalo Pashintsi Pelin Perunika Podrumche Polkovnik Zhelyazovo Potocharka Potochnitsa Ralichevo Ribino Rogach Ruchey Samovila Sarnak Sbor Siniger Skalak Sladkodum Slivarka Stari Chal Strandzhevo Strazhets Studen Kladenets Tintyava (Tırfıllı before 1934 ) Tokachka Topolka Vransko Zvanarka Zimornitsa Zlatolist

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