Orlov dol

{{Infobox settlement |official_name =Orlov Dol |native_name= |settlement_type=Village |image_skyline = |image_flag = |image_seal = |image_map = |mapsize = |map_caption = |pushpin_map = Bulgaria |pushpin_map_size= |pushpin_label_position =Location in Bulgaria |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{flag|Bulgaria}} |subdivision_type1 =Province |subdivision_name1 =Haskovo Province |subdivision_type2 =Municipality |subdivision_name2 =Topolovgrad |leader_title = |leader_name = |area_total_km2 = |population_as_of = 2011 |population_note = 2014 estimate is 446 |population_total = 485<ref name="CityPopulation" /> |population_footnotes = <ref name="CityPopulation">{{cite web |url=http://www.citypopulation.de/php/bulgaria-haskovo.php?cityid=53895 |title=ORLOV DOL (Topolovgrad) |author= |date= |website=www.citypopulation.de |publisher= |access-date=27 December 2015 |quote=}}</ref> |population_metro = |population_density = |timezone =EET |utc_offset = +2 |timezone_DST = EEST |utc_offset_DST = +3 |coordinates = {{coord|42|07|N|26|11|E|display=inline,title|region:BG_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki}} |elevation_m= |website = orlovdol.blogspot.com |footnotes = }} '''Orlov Dol''' is a village in the municipality of Topolovgrad, in Haskovo Province, in southern Bulgaria.<ref>[http://www.guide-bulgaria.com/SC/Haskovo/Topolovgrad Guide Bulgaria], Accessed May 24, 2010</ref>

==History== The village's previous name was Minchevo.

In the nineteenth century, the Bulgarian revolutionary Vasil Levski allegedly visited the village three times, in 1870, 1871, and 1872.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://orlovdol.blogspot.com/search/label/%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8 |title=Ст. н. с. д-р Дечко Лечев – историк за с. Минечево (Орлов дол) и посещенията на Левски |author=Momchil Lechev |date= |website=orlovdol.blogspot.com |publisher= Blogspot|access-date=27 December 2015 |quote=}}</ref>

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Category:Villages in Haskovo Province