Rupite

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Rupite Рупите
Village
Rupite Location within Bulgaria
Coordinates: 41°26′30″N 23°14′28″E / 41.44167°N 23.24111°E / 41.44167; 23.24111
Country	Bulgaria
Province	Blagoevgrad
Municipality	Petrich
Government
• Mayor	Georgi Atanasov
Area
• Total	9,257 km2 (3,574 sq mi)
Elevation	147 m (482 ft)
Population  (2019)
• Total	926

Rupite (Bulgarian: Рупите, pronounced [ˈrupitɛ]) is a village which includes a small mountainous protected area in the southeastern part of Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria, 11 kilometers northeast of Petrich, Petrich Municipality, on the western bank of the Struma River. It is best known as the place where alleged Bulgarian clairvoyant Baba Vanga lived. The area is also associated with the crater of an extinct volcano, the hills of Kozhuh and Pchelina, and the warm thermal springs. The village has 1,124 inhabitants.