| LC control no. | n 00140156 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Geographic heading | Pleven (Bulgaria : Oblast) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | Bulgaria--Pleven (Oblast) |
| Variant(s) | Oblast Pleven (Bulgaria) Плевен (Bulgaria : Oblast) Област Плевен (Bulgaria) |
| See also | Loveshka oblast (Bulgaria) |
| Biography/History note | Pleven (Bulgaria : Oblast) was created in 1999 when Loveshka 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: Pleven, Oblast--ADM1, 43°30ʹN 24°38ʹE (BU50)) GEOnet, viewed on March 22, 2017 (Plevin [approved], Oblast Pleven [approved], ADM1 in Bulgaria, 43°16ʹ00ʺ N 26°23ʹ00ʺ E; non-roman script: Област Плевен, Плевен; also a PPL and an obshtina with this name) Wikipedia, viewed on May 9, 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; Lovech, Gabrovo, Pleven, and Veliko Tŭrnovo are the pre-1987 and post-1999 places that were once part of the large province of Loveshka) |
| Geographic area code | e-bu--- |
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