Southern district ( bg, Район Южен) is one of the six districts of

Plovdiv Plovdiv ( bg, Пловдив, ), is the second-largest city in Bulgaria, standing on the banks of the Maritsa river in the historical region of Thrace. It has a population of 346,893 and 675,000 in the greater metropolitan area. Plovdiv is the c ...

in southern Bulgaria. It has a population of 79,330. The district includes the so-called "Küçük Paris" (meaning small Paris in Turkish), Belomorski and Ostromila quarters and

Komatevo Komatevo ( bg, Коматево) is a neighbourhood of the city of Plovdiv, southern Bulgaria. It has 6,500 inhabitants. Komatevo was a village up to 1969 when it was incorporated into Plovdiv together with Proslav. The neighbourhood is conne ...

"Küçük Paris" name origin

Following the defeats in the Second Balkan War, and the First World War, a great number of refugees from the lost territories settled in

. They settled in what is today the Southern District in temporary housing which was referred to as "Küçük Paris".

Toponymy

As the refugees which built the area came from

Aegean Thrace Western Thrace or West Thrace ( el, �υτικήΘράκη, '' ytikíThráki'' ; tr, Batı Trakya; bg, Западна/Беломорска Тракия, ''Zapadna/Belomorska Trakiya''), also known as Greek Thrace, is a geographic and historic ...

and Macedonia, the majority of the streets in this district are named after revolutionaries and geographical locations in these lost territories. Examples include streets named after the cities of

Kukush Kilkis ( el, Κιλκίς) is a city in Central Macedonia, Greece. As of 2011 there were 22,914 people living in the city proper, 28,745 people living in the municipal unit, and 51,926 in the municipality of Kilkis. It is also the capital city o ...

, Ohrid, Prilep, Skopje and after the notable revolutionaries Dame Gruev and Gotse Delchev. {{DEFAULTSORT:Southern District, Plovdiv Neighbourhoods in Plovdiv