Official Name: | Chernoochene |
Native Name: | Черноочене |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Provinces (Oblast) |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Pushpin Map: | Bulgaria |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Chernoochene |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Postal Code Type: | Postal Code |
Subdivision Name1: | Kardzhali |
Population Total: | 335 |
Population Footnotes: | http://grao.bg/tna/tab02.txt |
Population As Of: | 2008 |
Elevation M: | 564 |
Postal Code: | 6701 |
Area Code: | 03691 |
Coordinates: | 41.7667°N 46°W |
Leader Name: | Aydan Osman |
Chernoochene (bg|Черноочене, pronounced as /bg/); is a village in central southern Bulgaria, part of Kardzhali Province. It is the administrative centre of Chernoochene municipality, which comprises in the northernmost part of Kardzhali Province. The village is located in the Eastern Rhodope Mountains and has a predominantly Turkish population. The village's name roughly means "place of the black-eyed people" in Bulgarian and (as Karagözler) in Turkish.
Chernoochene municipality covers an area of 339 square kilometres and includes the following 51 places: