Dzhebel

This article is about the Bulgarian town. For the Turkmen town, see Jebel, Turkmenistan.

Coat of arms of Dzhebel

Central district of Dzhebel

Dzhebel or Djebel (Bulgarian: Джебел [ˈd͡ʒɛbɛɫ], Turkish: Cebel, formerly: Şeyhcuma) is a town in Kardzhali Province, southern Bulgaria. It has 3,312 inhabitants. Dzhebel is the administrative center of a municipality, which apart from Dzhebel itself, contains 47 other villages and has a population of 9,093. The municipality is mainly populated by ethnic Turks, which are more than 75% of the total population.^[1][2] The word Dzhebel derives from the Arabic word "جبل (jabal)" which means "mountain".

Settlements

• Dzhebel (seat)
• Albantsi
• Brejana
• Chakaltsi
• Chereshka
• General Geshevo
• Dobrintsi
• Dushinkovo
• Zheladovo
• Zhulti rid
• Zhultika
• Iliysko
• Kazatsite
• Kyoto
• Kamenyane
• Kozitsa
• Kontil
• Kuptsite
• Lebed
• Mishevsko
• Modren
• Mrezhichko
• Ovchevo
• Paprat
• Plazishte
• Podvrah
• Polyanets
• Potoche
• Pripek
• Ridino
• Rogozari
• Rogozche
• Rozhdensko
• Rut
• Shterna
• Sipets
• Skalina
• Slunchogled
• Sofiytsi
• Telcharka
• Tsurkvitsa
• Tsvyatovo
• Turnovtsi
• Tyutyunche
• Ustren
• Velikdenche
• Vodenicharsko
• Vulkovich
• Yamino

References

1. "Turks of Bulgaria - World Directory of Minorities". www.faqs.org. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
2. "Общински план за развитие на Община Джебел 2007 - 2013 г." strategy.bg. Retrieved 16 April 2018.

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