2,815 of Bulgarians Exarchists, 140 of Bulgarians Patriarchists and 5,297 of Bulgarian Muslims or Pomaks. (Lyubomir Miletich, "The Destruction of Thracian Bulgarians in 1913") In 1912, in the town live 320 families of Bulgarians Muslims, 80 of Bulgarians Exarchists and 40 Patriarchists. In Ustuvo live 420 families Bulgarians Exarchists, in Raykovo - a total of 700 families of Bulgarians Exarchists, 100 of Bulgarians Patriarchists and 70 of Bulgarian Muslims. Currently, the religion of the majority in the city is christian orthodox. Culture and sports Due to its suitable location on top of Mount Rozhen, the Bulgarian National Astronomical Observatory is located nearby, with a planetarium in operation in the town. There is one theatre, the Rhodope Drama Theatre, and a gathering of theatre practitioners and scholars known as The Rhodopi International Theatre Laboratory is held every summer. There is also a regional historical museum founded in 1935. Smolyan has an elite division football team, PFC Rodopa Smolyan, that had been playing in the A Professional Football Group between 2003-2007. The largest church in southern Bulgaria, the Cathedral of Saint Vissarion of Smolyan, was inaugurated in the city in July 2006. Municipality Smolyan is also the seat of Smolyan municipality (part of Smolyan Province), which includes the following 79 villages: Aligovska Arda Belev dol Bilyanska Borikovo Bostina Bukata Bukatsite Chamla Chepleten Chereshkite Chereshovo Chereshovska Reka Chokmanovo Chuchur Dimovo Dunevo Elenska Elyovo Fatovo Gabritsa Gela Gozdevitsa Gorna Arda Gorovo Gradat Gudevitsa Hasovitsa Isyovtsi Katranitsa Kiselichevo Kokorkovo Koshnitsa Kremene Kukuvitsa Kutela Laka Levochevo Lipets Lyulka Milkovo Mogilitsa Momchilovtsi Mugla Nadartsi Oreshitsa Ostri Pazlak Petkovo Peshtera Pisanitsa Podvis Polkovnik Serafimovo Poprelka Potoka Rechani Reka Rovina Selishte Shiroka Laka Sivino Slaveyno Smilyan Sokolovtsi Solishta Sredok Stikal Stoykite Sarnino Strazha Taran Tikale Trebishte Turyan Uhlovitsa Varbovo Vievo Vlahovo Zaevite Zmievo Climate Smolyan has either a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification: Csb) or a dry-summer warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification: Dsb), depending on if the 0 degrees celsius or -3 degrees celsius isotherm is used. Honour Smolyan Point on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica is named after Smolyan. Notable people Valya Balkanska Victor Houteff, founder of the Davidian branch, an offshoot of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Velichko Cholakov Gallery References External links Smolyan municipality website Smolyan municipality at Domino.bg Planetarium Smolyan National Astronomical Observatory "Rozhen" Official website of village of "Kutela" Cities and towns in the Rhodopes Populated places in Smolyan