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|name                     = Fargovo
|subdivision_type         = [[Countries of the world|Country]]
|subdivision_name         = {{BUL}}
|settlement_type          = Village
|subdivision_type1        = [[Provinces of Bulgaria|Province]]<br /><small>(Oblast)</small>
|subdivision_type2        = [[Municipalities of Bulgaria|Municipality]]<br /><small>(Obshtina)</small>
|subdivision_name2        = [[Satovcha Municipality|Satovcha]]
|timezone                 = [[Eastern European Time|EET]]
|utc_offset               = +2
|timezone_DST             = [[Eastern European Summer Time|EEST]]
|utc_offset_DST           = +3
|map_caption              = Location of Fargovo
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|leader_title             = Mayor
|postal_code_type         = Postal Code
|subdivision_name1        = [[Blagoevgrad Province|Blagoevgrad]]
|native_name              = Фъргово
|population_total         = 473
|population_footnotes     = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.grao.bg/tna/tadr-2010.txt|title=ТАБЛИЦА НА НАСЕЛЕНИЕТО ПО ПОСТОЯНЕН И НАСТОЯЩ АДРЕС област БЛАГОЕВГРАД община БАНСКО|website=grao.bg|access-date=7 January 2024|date=31 December 2010|language=bg}}</ref>
|population_as_of         = 2010-12-15
|population_blank1_title  = Administrated area
|area_total_km2           = 11.871
|elevation_m              = 1036
|postal_code              = 2952
|area_code                = 07545
|registration_plate       = E
|coordinates              = {{coord|41|35|N|24|0|E|region:BG|display=inline,title}}
|leader_name              = Ventsislav Katsarov
|leader_party             = [[Movement for Rights and Freedoms|MRF]]
|government_footnotes     = <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://results.cik.bg/tur1/mestni/0142_76203.html |title=Избор на кмет и общински съвет :: Избори 2011 |access-date=2011-10-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111027203013/http://results.cik.bg/tur1/mestni/0142_76203.html |archive-date=2011-10-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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'''Fargovo''' ({{langx|bg|Фъргово}}) is a [[village]] in Southwestern [[Bulgaria]]. It is located in the [[Satovcha Municipality]], [[Blagoevgrad Province]].
== Geography ==
The village of Fargovo is located in the [[Rhodope Mountains|Western Rhodope Mountains]]. It belongs to the [[Chech (region)|Chech region]].
== History ==
In 1873 Fargovo (''Fregovo'') had male population of 45 [[Pomaks]] and 140 houses.<ref>{{cite book
| title = Македония и Одринско. Статистика на населението от 1873 г.
| orig-year = 1878
| edition = II
| year = 1995
| publisher = Македонски научен институт
| location = София
| language = bg, fr, en, ru
| pages = 130–131
}}</ref> According to [[Vasil Kanchov]], in 1900 Fargovo (''Фъргово'') was populated by 260 [[Pomaks|Bulgarian Muslims]]<ref>{{cite book
| last = Кънчов
| first = Васил
| title = Македония. Етнография и статистика
| orig-year = 1900
| url = http://www.promacedonia.org/vk/index.html
| edition = II
| year = 1996
| publisher = Проф. М. Дринов
| location = София
| language = bg
| page = 195
| chapter = Неврокопска Каза
| chapter-url = http://www.promacedonia.org/vk/vk_2_21.htm
}}</ref> According to another statistic by Kanchov about the same time there were 45 houses in the village.<ref>{{cite book
| last = Кънчов
| first = Васил
| title = Пътуване по долините на Струма, Места и Брегалница. Битолско, Преспа и Охридско
| orig-year = 1894-1896
| year = 1970
| publisher = Наука и изкуство
| location = София
| language = bg
| url = http://www.promacedonia.org/vk_1/index.html
| chapter = Неврокопската каза
| chapter-url = http://www.promacedonia.org/vk_1/vk1_a_19.html
| page = 274
}}</ref> According to [[Stephan Verkovic]] at the end of the 19th century the village had male population of 168 [[Pomaks]] and 45 houses.<ref>{{cite book
| last = Райчевски
| first = Стоян
| title = Българите мохамедани
| orig-year = 1998
| edition = II
| year = 2004
| publisher = Национален музей на българската книга и полиграфия
| location = София
| language = bg
| isbn = 954-9308-51-0
| page = 111
}}</ref>
== Religions ==
The population is [[Muslim]] and consists of [[Pomaks]].
== Notes ==
{{Reflist}}
{{Satovcha Municipality}}
[[Category:Villages in Blagoevgrad Province]]
[[Category:Chech]]
{{Blagoevgrad-geo-stub}}