Smolyan Province (Област Смолян, Oblast Smolyan) is a province in southern Bulgaria. It borders Greece and is situated in the Rhodope Mountains. The province has a sizable minority of Bulgarian Muslims, as Muslims constitute 58,758 people out of the province's total 140,066, some 41,599 being Eastern Orthodox and 39,003 deciding not to discuss their religion .
The economy of the province is based on tourism, mining, timber and machine industries ...
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Smolyan Province (Област Смолян, Oblast Smolyan) is a province in southern Bulgaria. It borders Greece and is situated in the Rhodope Mountains. The province has a sizable minority of Bulgarian Muslims, as Muslims constitute 58,758 people out of the province's total 140,066, some 41,599 being Eastern Orthodox and 39,003 deciding not to discuss their religion .
The economy of the province is based on tourism, mining, timber and machine industries and livestock raising. The main crops of the region are potatoes (about 30% of the national production), rye and barley; but sheep, pigs and cattle are of greater importance for the agriculture. In the eastern parts of the province are located more than 20 lead and zinc mines, which form one of the most extensive ore deposits in the Balkans. The dense coniferous forests are prerequisite for well developed timber industry in Dospat, Smolyan, Devin. In Smolyan there are big plants producing machine tools and other machinery, while textile...
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