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Madan, Bulgaria
CountryBulgaria
Provinces
(Oblast)
Smolyan
Government
 • MayorFahri Molaysenov
Elevation
851 m (2,792 ft)
Population
 (2011-02-28)[1]
 • Total
5,793
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code
4900
Area code0308

Madan (Template:Lang-bg) is a town in Smolyan Province, the very south of Bulgaria in the Yellow Share of the Rhodope Mountains. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Madan Municipality. As of December 2009, the town has a population of 6,007 inhabitants.[1]

Geography

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Houses in Madan

Madan is a part of Ardino Ridge, sloping down to the northeast between the rivers Arda and Varbitsa. In the central part of the Yellow Share rise the peaks Buchovitsa (1404 m), Veternitsa (1372 m) and Petrovitsa (1309 m).

The end of the ridge is Alada Peak (1241 m). From all sides the Yellow Share is separated by mountain-spurs, whose segmentations gradually slope down and vanish into the valleys of the rivers. The river system of the region is presented by the basins of the upper reaches of some of the longer rivers – to the north the basin of the Arda River with the headers Elhovska and Chepinska Rivers.

History and population

Madan is an ancient ore-miners' settlement, the extraction of lead ore having begun around 5th-4th century BC.

Most of the town's population consists of local Muslim Bulgarians and a minority of Eastern Orthodox Bulgarians.

Honour

Madan Saddle on Smith Island, South Shetland Islands is named after Madan.

References