The town was probably founded by Despot Alexius Slav in the 12th or 13th century, from whose title (despot) its name is very likely derived. Dospat Dam is the highest dam in Bulgaria by altitude and, with its 22 km2 of water area, the second largest in capacity. It is fed by the River Dospat.
dospat, bulgarian, Доспат, town, very, south, bulgaria, part, smolyan, province, situated, rhodope, mountains, close, administrative, centre, homonymous, municipality, december, 2010, town, population, inhabitants, mainly, bulgarian, muslims, Доспатcoat, armsl. Dospat Bulgarian Dospat is a town in the very south of Bulgaria part of Smolyan Province situated in the Rhodope Mountains close to Dospat Dam It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Dospat Municipality As of December 2010 the town has a population of 2 425 inhabitants 2 who are mainly Bulgarian Muslims Dospat DospatCoat of armsDospatLocation of DospatCoordinates 41 39 N 24 10 E 41 650 N 24 167 E 41 650 24 167CountryBulgariaProvinces Oblast SmolyanGovernment 1 MayorElin Radev CEDB Area City69 196 km2 26 717 sq mi Elevation1 358 m 4 455 ft Population 2010 12 15 2 City2 425 Urban9 116Time zoneUTC 2 EET Summer DST UTC 3 EEST Postal Code4830Area code s 03045 359 3045Car platesCM The town was probably founded by Despot Alexius Slav in the 12th or 13th century from whose title despot its name is very likely derived Dospat Dam is the highest dam in Bulgaria by altitude and with its 22 km2 of water area the second largest in capacity It is fed by the River Dospat Honour editDospat Peak on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands Antarctica is named after Dospat References edit Izbor na kmet i obshinski svet Izbori 2011 Archived from the original on 2011 11 03 Retrieved 2011 10 31 a b TABLICA NA NASELENIETO PO POSTOYaNEN I NASTOYaSh ADRES grao bg in Bulgarian 31 December 2010 Retrieved 17 September 2023 External links editOfficial website of Dospat Municipality nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dospat nbsp This Smolyan Province Bulgaria location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Dospat amp oldid 1214665380, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
