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|leader_name = Vanya Angelova ([[GERB]])
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'''Debelt''' ([[Bulgarian language|Bulgarian]]: Дебелт) is a village in [[Burgas Province]] in southeastern [[Bulgaria]]. It is located in the municipality of [[Sredets Municipality|Sredets]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.guide-bulgaria.com/SE/bourgas/sredets/debelt|title=Bulgaria Guide: Debelt}}</ref>
==History==
Debelt is located near the ruins of the city of [[Develtos]]. During the [[Russo-Turkish War (1828–1829)|Russo-Turkish War of 1828-1829]], the region was occupied by Russia with the support of the Christian population. However, after the [[Treaty of Adrianople (1829)|Treaty of Adrianople]] in 1829, the Christian population of Debelt abandoned the village and travelled with the Russian army as it withdrew from [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] territory. Most of the former inhabitants of Debelt settled in [[Bessarabia]].
In 1864, the Ottoman government repopulated Debelt with [[Circassians]],<ref>Karayotov et al. (2011), pp. 112-113</ref> after which the village became known as Yakezli (Bulgarian: Якезли).<ref name="Raychevski">Raychevski (2002), p. 255</ref> Following the [[Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)|Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878]], the Circassians abandoned the village. In 1903, during the [[Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising]], the village served as an important logistical base of the [[Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation|IMRO]] and training camps were established.<ref name="Karayotov">Karayotov et al. (2011), pp. 190-201</ref> After the rebellion, a refugee camp was built.<ref name="Karayotov"/>
After the [[Second Balkan War]] in 1913, 76 [[Thracian Bulgarians|Bulgarian]] families from [[East Thrace]] settled in the village.<ref name="Raychevski"/> On 14 August 1934, the village of Yakezli was renamed Debelt.<ref>Mitchev & Koledarov (1989), p. 255</ref>
[[Debelt Glacier]] on [[Livingston Island]] in the [[South Shetland Islands]], [[Antarctica]] is named after Debelt.
== References ==
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==Bibliography==
* {{cite book | last1 =Karayotov| first1 =Ivan | first2=Stoyan |last2 =Raychevski| first3=Mitko |last3 =Ivanov|date=2011|title=История на Бургас: От древността до средата на ХХ век|language=bg}}
* {{cite book | last1 =Mitchev| first1 =Nicholas| first2=Peter |last2 =Koledarov|date=1989|title=Речник на селищата и селищните имена в България 1878 – 1987|language=bg}}
* {{cite book | last1 =Raychevski| first1 =Stoyan |date=2002|title=Източна Тракия: История, етноси, преселения XV-ХХ век|language=bg}}
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[[Category:Villages in Burgas Province]]
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