| LC control no. | n 00140139 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Geographic heading | Blagoevgrad (Bulgaria : Oblast) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | Bulgaria--Blagoevgrad (Oblast) |
| Variant(s) | Oblast Blagoevgrad (Bulgaria) Pirin Macedonia (Bulgaria) Bulgarian Macedonia (Bulgaria) Област Благоевград (Bulgaria) Благоевград (Bulgaria : Oblast) |
| See also | Sofiĭska oblast (Bulgaria) |
| Biography/History note | Blagoevgrad (Bulgaria : Oblast) was created in 1999 when Sofiĭska oblast was split into four small oblasts. |
| Special note | Non-Latin script references not evaluated. |
| Found in | Foreign names information bulletin, no. 23, July 31, 2000 (Former name: none; new name: Blagoevgrad, Oblast--ADM1, 41°46ʹN 23°31ʹE (BU23)) GEOnet, viewed April 10, 2017 (Blagoevgrad [approved], Oblast Blagoevgrad [approved], Благоевград [non-roman script], Област Благоевград [non-roman script], ADM1 in Bulgaria, 41°44ʹ00ʺN 023°27ʹ00ʺE; variants: Blagoevgradski Okrŭg, Okrŭg Gorna Dzhumaya; also an ADM2 and a PPL with the same name in Bulgaria) Columbia gazetteer of the world, viewed on April 25, 2017: Macedonia (Bulgarian or Pirin, Macedonia is largely coextensive with the Blagoyevgrad (formerly Gorna Dzhumaya) province of Bulgaria) Wikipedia, viewed on May 18, 2017 Provinces of Bulgaria (in 1987 the 28 small districts were combined into 9 large provinces; then in 1999, the large provinces were divided into 28 small provinces; Blagoevgrad, Ki︠u︡stendil, Pernik, and Sofia (Bulgaria : Oblast) are the pre-1987 and post-1999 places that were once part of the large province of Sofiĭska oblast) |
| Geographic area code | e-bu--- |
| Invalid LCCN | sh 91000353 |
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