Dzhebel

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Dzhebel

Elevation340 m

Land area9.04 km²

Coordinates41.50°, 25.30°

Demographic figures from NSI Bulgaria. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Dzhebel or Djebel is a town in Kardzhali Province, southern Bulgaria. It has 3,312 inhabitants. Dzhebel is the administrative center of a municipality, which apart from Dzhebel itself, contains 47 other villages and has a population of 9,093. The municipality is mainly populated by ethnic Turks, which are more than 75% of the total population. The word Dzhebel derives from the Arabic word "جبل" (jabal) which means "mountain".

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Naim Süleymanoğlu

Turkish weightlifter (1967–2017)

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Daniela Guergueltcheva

Bulgarian table tennis player

Petar Stoychev

swimmer

Georgi Gogov

Bulgarian-German rock musician and violinist (born 1948)

Nedzhmi Ali

politician from Bulgaria

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Deniz Özlem

Turkish association football player (born 1986)

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Ali Osman Sönmez

Turkish statesperson (1926–2001)

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Halil İbrahim Karal

Turkish statesperson (1924–2000)

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Jordan Gospodinov

Bulgarian actor

Yunal Tasim

Bulgarian politician (born 1962)

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Zdravko Zhelyaskov

Bulgarian singer

Philip Sinapov

Bulgarian singer

Mukaddes Nalbant

Bulgarian politician

Ahmed Yusein

Bulgarian politician (born 1948)

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Vesela Nacheva

Bulgarian politician (born 1965)

Erdinch Hayrula

Bulgarian politician (born 1974)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Turkish Snail

Helix lucorum

Seen 2026-07-23

wild carrot

Daucus carota

Seen 2026-07-20

Bull Thistle

Cirsium vulgare

Seen 2026-07-20

Field Eryngo

Eryngium campestre

Seen 2026-07-20

Scarce Copper

Lycaena virgaureae

Seen 2026-06-22

Purple-shot Copper

Lycaena alciphron

Seen 2026-06-22

Ruddy Darter

Sympetrum sanguineum

Seen 2026-06-22

Four-spotted Skimmer

Libellula quadrimaculata

Seen 2026-06-22

Great Banded Grayling

Brintesia circe

Seen 2026-06-22

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).