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Ardino (Bulgarian: Ардино, formerly Turkish: Eğridere) is a town in southern Bulgaria, in the Rhodope Mountains. It is located in Kardzhali Province and it is also close to Smolyan.
It is famous for its textile industry. It has a machine-building factory and a tobacco manufacturing industry. Tourist attractions include the Belite Brezi, the Eagle rocks, and the Dyavolski most (Devil's bridge).
History
Under Ottoman rule, Ardino, then known in Turkish as Eğridere, was a kaza centre in the Sanjak of Gümülcine in the Adrianople Vilayet before the Balkan Wars. Ardino received its name in 1934 and was declared as a town in 1960. Ardino is the birthplace of Sabahattin Ali, Turkish novelist, poet and journalist.
Villages
- Avramovo
- Ahryansko
- Bashevo
- Bistrogled
- Bogatino
- Borovitsa
- Brezen
- Byal izvor
- Chervena skala
- Chernigovo
- Chubrika
- Glavnik
- Golobrad
- Gorno Prahovo
- Gurbishte
- Dedino
- Doyrantsi
- Dolno Prahovo
- Dyadovtsi
- Enyovche
- Hromitsa
- Iskra
- Kitnitsa
- Kroyachevo
- Latinka
- Levtsi
- Lenishte
- Lyubino
- Mak
- Mlechino
- Musevo
- Padina
- Paspal
- Pesnopoy
- Pravdolyub
- Ribartsi
- Rodopsko
- Rusalsko
- Svetulka
- Sedlartsi
- Sinchets
- Spoluka
- Srunsko
- Star chitak
- Stoyanovo
- Suhovo
- Temenuga
- Turna
- Turnoslivka
- Yabulkovets
- Zhaltusha
Notable natives
- Sabahattin Ali (1907–1948), Turkish novelist, short-story writer, poet, and journalist
