Momchilgrad, Kardzhali Province, Bulgaria
🇧🇬 Momchilgrad (Момчилград) is a town in the very south of Bulgaria, part of Kardzhali Province in the southern part of the Eastern Rhodopes. According to the 2011 census, Momchilgrad is the largest Bulgarian settlement with a Turkish majority (75% of the total).
Notable natives include Petar Stoychev (b. 1976), the fastest swimmer across the English Channel until 2012, table tennis player and coach Daniela Gergelcheva (b. 1964), Turkish weightlifter Naim Süleymanoğlu (1967–2017) and singer Zdravko Zhelyazkov from the Riton pop duet.
Momchilgrad becomes part of Bulgaria after the Balkan wars. The previous name of the city is Mestanlı and it is renamed to Momchilgrad in 1934.
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Momchilgrad has a population of over 7,831 people. Momchilgrad also forms part of the wider Kardzhali Province which has a population of over 152,808 people. Momchilgrad is situated 14 km south of Kardzhali.
Twin Towns - Sister Cities Momchilgrad has links with:
🇹🇷 Bursa, Turkey 🇹🇷 İzmit, Turkey 🇹🇷 Yıldırım, Turkey🇮🇹 Campobasso 41.559
🇷🇴 Târgoviște 25.459
🇿🇦 Nelson Mandela Bay 25.492
🇿🇦 Motherwell 25.58
🇿🇦 Port Elizabeth 25.583
Locations Near: Momchilgrad 25.4167,41.5333
🇧🇬 Kardzhali 25.367,41.65 d: 13.6
🇬🇷 Komotini 25.406,41.119 d: 46.1
🇧🇬 Haskovo 25.576,41.941 d: 47.2
🇧🇬 Dimitrovgrad 25.6,42.05 d: 59.4
🇬🇷 Xanthi 24.884,41.136 d: 62.7
🇧🇬 Smolyan 24.711,41.575 d: 58.9
🇧🇬 Asenovgrad 24.867,42.017 d: 70.5
🇬🇷 Alexandroupolis 25.867,40.85 d: 84.8
🇬🇷 Alexandroupoli 25.883,40.858 d: 84.7
Antipodal to: Momchilgrad -154.583,-41.533
🇵🇫 Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 17304.3
🇹🇴 Nuku'alofa -175.216,-21.136 d: 17034
🇦🇸 Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 16609.1
🇼🇸 Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 16516.5
🇺🇸 Hilo -155.089,19.725 d: 13203.2
🇺🇸 Maui -156.446,20.72 d: 13090.2
🇺🇸 Maui County -156.617,20.868 d: 13073.2
🇺🇸 Kahului -156.466,20.891 d: 13071.1