Chernoochene

Chernoochene (Bulgarian: Черноочене, pronounced [t͡ʃɛrnuˈɔt͡ʃɛnɛ]); is a village in central southern Bulgaria, part of Kardzhali Province. It is the administrative centre of Chernoochene municipality, which comprises in the northernmost part of Kardzhali Province. The village is located in the Eastern Rhodope Mountains and has a predominantly Turkish population. The village's name roughly means "place of the black-eyed people" in Bulgarian and (as Karagözler) in Turkish.

Chernoochene Черноочене
Overview of the village
Chernoochene Location of Chernoochene
Coordinates: 41°46′N 25°21′E
Country	Bulgaria
Provinces (Oblast)	Kardzhali
Government
• Mayor	Aydan Osman
Elevation	564 m (1,850 ft)
Population  (2008)[1]
• Total	335
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code	6701
Area code	03691

Municipality

Chernoochene municipality covers an area of 339 square kilometres and includes the following 51 places:

Bakalite Barza Reka Bedrovo Bezvodno Beli Vir Besnurka Bozhurtsi Borovsko Bosilitsa Bostantsi Cherna Niva Chernoochene Daskalovo Draganovo Dushka Dyadovsko Gabrovo Kableshkovo Kanyak Komuniga Kopitnik Kutsovo Lyaskovo Minzuhar Murga Nebeska

Nochevo Novi Pazar Novoselishte Panichkovo Patitsa Pchelarovo Petelovo Pryaporets Rusalina Sokolite Srednevo Sredska Strazhnitsa Svobodinovo Vazel Versko Vodach Voynovo Vozhdovo Yabalcheni Yavorovo Yonchovo Zheleznik Zhenda Zhitnitsa

External links

• Chernoochene municipality website (in Bulgarian)