ovo ▁was ▁mentioned ▁as ▁Le fe vo ▁and ▁Le h ovo ▁in ▁Ott oman ▁tax ▁registers ▁of ▁ 1 6 1 1 – 1 6 1 7 ▁and ▁ 1 6 2 3 – 1 6 2 5 ▁as ▁an ▁entirely ▁Christian ▁settlement ▁of ▁ 1 8 6 ▁and ▁ 1 6 7 ▁households ▁respectively . ▁Until ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁century , ▁Le h ovo ▁was ▁a ▁major ▁local ▁centre ▁of ▁iron ▁min ing ▁and ▁met all ur gy . ▁Mag net ite ▁sand ▁was ▁extracted ▁nearby ▁and ▁processed ▁in ▁several ▁furn aces ▁and ▁a ▁for ge ▁( sam ok ov ). ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 th ▁century , ▁Le h ovo ▁was ▁a ▁relatively ▁large ▁village ▁with ▁an ▁eth n ically ▁hom ogeneous ▁Christian ▁Bulgar ian ▁population . ▁In ▁ 1 8 7 3 , ▁its ▁population ▁was ▁given ▁as ▁ 7 8 0 . ▁In ▁ 1 9 0 0 , ▁eth n ograph er ▁Vas il ▁Kan ch ov ▁recorded ▁it ▁as ▁ 1 , 2 5 0 ▁and ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 5 , ▁Dim itar ▁Mis he v ▁counted ▁ 1 , 6 8 0 ▁Bulg ari ans ▁in ▁Le h ovo , ▁all ▁under ▁the ▁juris diction ▁of ▁the ▁Bulgar ian ▁Ex arch ate . ▁ ▁Eth nic ▁orig ins ▁N umer ous ▁leads ▁suggest ▁that ▁the ▁population ▁of ▁Le h ovo ▁likely ▁st ems ▁from ▁sett lers ▁that ▁arrived ▁from ▁Central ▁Europe ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁boost ▁the