Home > Places > Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece, and the Balkans > Bulgarian Political Geography

Research topic: Blagoevgrad

Related pictures

Rate these pictures

Blagoevgrad

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Blagoevgrad , city (1993 pop. 72,853), SW Bulgaria, is a farming region known especially for its tobacco. The city has one of the largest tobacco-fermentation factories in the Balkans. In Thracian times a settlement was established around the warm mineral springs that still attract visitors to Blagoevgrad. The city is named for Dimiter Blagoev, founder of the Bulgarian Communist party. Author not available, BLAGOEVGRAD. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more

Blagoevgrad
Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria Skaptopara, Dzhumaja, Gorna Dzhumaja The first Thracian name gave way to the following Turkish names, meaning ‘... Read more

Macedonia
...Greek Macedonia has a largely homogeneous Greek population. Bulgarian, or Pirin, Macedonia is largely coextensive with the Blagoevgrad (formerly Gorna Dzhumaya) province of Bulgaria (c.2,500 sq mi/6,475 sq km) and is largely populated by Macedonians. The inhabitants... Read more

Rate these entries | See all related entries

Facts and information from other sites

Related newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles from HighBeam Research

(Including press releases, facts, information, and biographies)

	Bulgaria feels pain of gulf war, Soviet chaos ; BLAGOEVGRAD, Bulgaria This city's 80,000 people know the cost of...butchers' stores are just totally empty," she said. Blagoevgrad's 78 factories usually sell 98 percent of their products...all prices except energy, the move brings no joy to Blagoevgrad. In the 1960s, this area of southwest Bulgaria ... Read more
	Public Managers Abroad: In Their Own Words. ; ...past two years, as a partner city with Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria. The purpose of the program...four different groups of visitors from Blagoevgrad and inviting a Bulgarian dance troupe...in Auburn for one week. For its part, Blagoevgrad has hosted Auburn staff members for... Read more
	Glipmses of Bulgaria // `The Changes' Make Former Eastern Bloc Country Fascinating ; BLAGOEVGRAD, Bulgaria - At breakfast in the Hotel Alen Mak, I told my colleagues at the Golden Antenna television festival that...October was the first time the festival had been held since then. Television people from around the world descended on Blagoevgrad, a town about an hour southwest of the capital, Sofia. ... Read more
	Soc: Bulgarian championship results and standings ; ...Bulgarian championship matches today: Pirin Blagoevgrad 0 Levski Sofia 1 Belasitsa Petrich 1...Dupnitsa 21 5 6 10 21 30 21 12 Pirin Blagoevgrad 21 4 9 8 16 26 21 13 Vidima-Rakovski...Petrich Vidima-Rakovski Sevlievo v Pirin Blagoevgrad Info swe KEYWORD: SOCCER BULGARIAN RESULTS... Read more
	Bulgarian Cup quarter-final results ; ...of non-premier division teams): Hebar Pazardzhik (III) 0 CSKA Sofia 1 Pirin 1922 Blagoevgrad (II) 0 Marek Dupnitsa 0 - after extra time (Pirin 1922 Blagoevgrad won 4-2 on penalties) Levski Sofia 3 Naftex Bourgas 0 Played on Tuesday: Botev Plovdiv... Read more
	Comment: Letter from Sofia ; ...week of American music at venues in Sofia, the capital, and Blagoevgrad, where the AUBG is located. For those who, like me, had no...with funds to travel to Sofia. We performed Stan's piece in Blagoevgrad, at the American University, which is housed in the former... Read more
	Soc: Bulgarian first division results/standings ; ...division soccer matches played on Sunday: Levski Sofia 4 Pirin Blagoevgrad 0 Litex Lovech 3 Marek Dupnitsa 0 Beroe Stara Zagora 1 CSKA...6 3 1 2 10 9 10 6. Rodopa Smolyan 6 3 0 3 5 6 9 7. Pirin Blagoevgrad 6 2 2 2 5 6 8 8. Marek Dupnitsa 6 2 1 3 9 13 7 9. Beroe Stara... Read more
	SOC: Bulgarian championship results/standings ; ...Spartak Varna 0 Levski Sofia 1 Played on Saturday: Pirin Blagoevgrad 1 Belasitsa Petrich 0 Chernomorets Bourgas 2 Olimpik-Beroe...10 18 35 20 13. Minyor Pernik 18 5 1 12 22 34 16 14. Pirin Blagoevgrad 18 5 1 12 15 32 16 15. Dobrudzha Dobrich 18 4 2 12 12 32... Read more
	SOC: Bulgarian championship division results/standings ; ...Olimpik-Beroe Teteven 1 Botev Plovdiv 1 Lokomotiv Sofia 0 Pirin Blagoevgrad 0 Levski Sofia 1 Chernomorets Bourgas 1 Shumen 0 Standings...8 14 30 17 13. Minyor Pernik 15 5 0 10 20 25 15 14. Pirin Blagoevgrad 15 3 1 11 13 28 10 15. Dobrudzha Dobrich 15 3 1 11 8 27 10... Read more
	Bulgaria ; 00-00-0000 Map of Bulgaria Aegean Sea Black Sea Bulgaria Romania Greece Turkey Mace. Yugoslavia Blagoevgrad Pleven Teteven Pazardzhik Plovdiv Kurdzhali Kyustendil Turgovishte Razgrad Varna Nova Zagora Stara Zagora Kharmanli Burgas Sandanski... Read more

For more facts and information, see all related premium articles

Online videos

Miss Blagoevgrad 2006

Add/Rate Videos

Free newspaper and magazine articles

	Bids are invited to upgrade signalling and telecommunications on the Blagoevgrad-Kulata line.(Bulgaria)
	An American in Blagoevgrad finds a new breed of competition. (veteran communicator Robert Kahan)(includes related article)
	BULGARIA: MACEDONIANS IN BULGARIA MEET WITHOUT INCIDENT.(Brief Article)

For Students and teachers!

HighBeam Encyclopedia provides students and teachers facts, information, and biographies from verified, citable sources, including:

Search hundreds of published sources: