Place:Madan, Plovdiv, Bulgaria

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NameMadan
TypeTown
Coordinates41.483°N 24.933°E
Located inPlovdiv, Bulgaria
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Madan 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. In 2019, the town has a population of 6,597 inhabitants.

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History and population

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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 Pomaks and a minority of Eastern Orthodox Bulgarians.

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