Ardino

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Ardino Ардино
Distant view of Ardino
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Ardino Location of Ardino
Coordinates: 41°35′N 25°08′E / 41.583°N 25.133°E / 41.583; 25.133
Country	Bulgaria
Province (Oblast)	Kurdzhali
Government
• Mayor	Izzet Shaban
Elevation	684 m (2,244 ft)
Population  (15.12.2010)
• Total	4,185
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code	6750
Area code	03651
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Ardino (Bulgarian: Ардино, formerly Turkish: Eğridere) is a town in southern Bulgaria, in the Rhodope Mountains. It is located in Kardzhali Province and it is also close to Smolyan.

It is famous for its textile industry. It has a machine-building factory and a tobacco manufacturing industry. Tourist attractions include the Belite Brezi, the Eagle rocks, and the Dyavolski most (Devil's bridge).

Under Ottoman rule, Ardino, then known in Turkish as Eğridere, was a kaza centre in the Sanjak of Gümülcine in the Adrianople Vilayet before the Balkan Wars.^[1] Ardino received its name in 1934^[2] and was declared as a town in 1960.^[3] Ardino is the birthplace of Sabahattin Ali, Turkish novelist, poet and journalist.

• Sabahattin Ali (1907–1948), Turkish novelist, short-story writer, poet, and journalist

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