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Lazhnitsa
Lazhnitsa is a village in Gotse Delchev Municipality, in Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria. It is situated in the foothills of the Pirin mountain, 7 kilometers northwest of Gotse Delchev (town), Gotse Delchev and 65 kilometers southeast of Blagoevgrad. History The village is mentioned for first time in the Ottoman documents in 1478 year as a village with 101 non-Muslim households and 3 Turkmen-Muslim households. In 1873 were counted 75 households with 175 inhabitants of Pomak origin. In 1899 the village is described as one with population of 429. After the First Balkan War the village together with the whole region of Nevrokop joined Bulgaria and was subject of ethnic and religious changes due to the migration after the war. Almost all of the Greek and the majority of the Turkish population fled from the area and many Bulgarian Christian and some Bulgarian Muslim people came from the parts of Macedonia, left outside the Bulgarian border. The local population of Bulgarian Muslims, how ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gotse Delchev Municipality
Gotse Delchev Municipality ( bg, Община Гоце Делчев, ) is a municipality in Blagoevgrad Province in Bulgaria. It is situated in the southwestern part of Bulgaria in the valley of Nestos River, Mesta river and the surrounding parts of Pirin and Rhodope Mountains, Rhodope mountains, bordering with Sandanski Municipality to the west, Bansko Municipality to the north, Garmen Municipality to the east and Hadzhidimovo Municipality to the south. Geography Gotse Delchev Municipality is a mountainous municipality. The town and the villages of Borovo, Blagoevgrad Province, Borovo, Banichan, Gospodinci and Musomishta are lying in the valley of Mesta river. The villages Delchevo, Blagoevgrad Province, Delchevo, Dobrotino, Lazhnitsa, Kornitsa and Breznitsa are in the Pirin Mountain. Bukovo is the only village in the Rhodope Mountains. Landscape The highest point of the municipality is the peak of Chengelchal - 2709 m, located in its most northwestern part. The lowest point ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
