. . "Smolyan Province (Bulgarian: \u041E\u0431\u043B\u0430\u0441\u0442 \u0421\u043C\u043E\u043B\u044F\u043D - Oblast Smolyan, former name Smolyan okrug) is a province in Southern-central Bulgaria, located in the Rhodope Mountains, neighbouring Greece to the south. It is named after its administrative and industrial centre - the city of Smolyan. The province embraces a territory of 3,192.8 km\u00B2 that is divided into 10 municipalities with a total population of 124,795 inhabitants, as of December 2009."@en .