Dabnitsa
Village in Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria
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Dabnitsa is a village in Garmen Municipality, in Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria.[2] It is situated in the Dabrash part of the Rhodope Mountains near Mesta river, 4 kilometers south-southeast of Garmen and 79 kilometers southeast of Blagoevgrad.
Dabnitsa
Дъбница | |
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Village | |
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  Dabnitsa | |
| Coordinates: 41°34′N 23°50′E | |
| Country |  Bulgaria |
| Province | Blagoevgrad Province |
| Municipality | Garmen |
| Population (15-12-2011[1]) | |
• Total | 1,652 |
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The area has been inhabited during the Thracian and Roman period and in the Second Bulgarian Empire. There are remains of an old fortress "St. Archangel" (Bulgarian: Свети Архангел, Sveti Arhangel) 1 kilometer north of the village from that period.[3] In Ottoman times it was called Dubniçe (Ottoman Turkish: دوبنيچه ).[4]
Most of the people in Dabnitsa are of Slavic origin (Pomak) but often declare themselves as Turks, based on their Islamic religion, despite their mother language is Bulgarian.[5]
