Chelopek

Chelopek Челопек
Chelopek Location of Chelopek
Coordinates: 43°8′N 23°37′E / 43.133°N 23.617°E / 43.133; 23.617Coordinates: 43°8′N 23°37′E / 43.133°N 23.617°E / 43.133; 23.617
Country	Bulgaria
Provinces (Oblast)	Vratsa
Government
- Mayor	Borislav Manchev
Elevation	469 m (1,539 ft)
Population (2008)[1]
- Total	550
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
- Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal Code	3093
Area code(s)	09111

Chelopek (Bulgarian: Челопек) is a village in Vratsa municipality, Vratsa Province in northwestern Bulgaria. Located in the western Balkan Mountains, it is known as the home village of Ivan Vazov's heroine Baba Iliytsa from the tale One Bulgarian Woman. Her original timbed-framed house has been reconstructed and is currently a museum of her life and local history and ethnography.

The village is not to be confused with the other Bulgarian places Chelopech and Chelopechene nor with Čelopek in the Republic of Macedonia.

Gallery

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  Baba Iliytsa Museum House exterior

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  Museum house exterior

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  Museum house interior

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  Local female costume