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Smolyan

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Also known as Smolyan Oblast, Smolyan province, Smolyan oblast

oblast of Bulgaria

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Smolyan is a mountainous region in southern Bulgaria known for its natural beauty and ski resorts. It matters as an important cultural and economic area in Bulgaria, particularly for tourism and winter sports.

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Wikidata facts

Official name
Smolyan
Country
Bulgaria
Located in
Bulgaria
Contains
Banite
Capital
Smolyan
Population
90534
Area
3193
Elevation
1705
Employees
30
Official website
www.region-smolyan.org
Image
Smolyan in Bulgaria.svg
Nominal GDP
1268000000
Licence plate code
СМ
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category of associated people
Category:People from Smolyan Province
Commons category
Smolyan Province
topic's main category
Category:Smolyan Province
maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Bulgaria
catalog code
37
native label
Smolyan ili
language used
Turkish
located in the statistical territorial entity
Yuzhen Tsentralen Planning Region
inception
1999-01-08
email address
mailto:[email protected]
street address
Смолян, бул. България 14
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41°40′N 24°35′E / 41.667°N 24.583°E / 41.667; 24.583

Smolyan Province (Bulgarian: Област Смолян, Oblast Smolyan; former name Smolyan okrug) is a province in Southern-central Bulgaria, located in the Rhodope Mountains, neighbouring Greece to the south. It is named after its administrative and industrial centre — the city of Smolyan. The province embraces a territory of 3,192.8 km (1,232.7 sq mi). that is divided into 10 municipalities with a total population of 124,795, as of December 2009.

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