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Stara Zagora (Bulgaria : Oblast)

LC control no.n 00140165
Descriptive conventionsrda
Geographic headingStara Zagora (Bulgaria : Oblast)
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Geographic subdivision usageBulgaria--Stara Zagora (Oblast)
Variant(s)Oblast Stara Zagora (Bulgaria)
Стара Загора (Bulgaria : Oblast)
Област Стара Загора (Bulgaria)
See alsoKhaskovska oblast (Bulgaria)
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Biography/History noteStara Zagora (Bulgaria : Oblast) was created in 1999 when Khaskovska oblast was split into three small oblasts.
Special noteNon-Latin script references not evaluated.
Found inForeign names information bulletin, no. 23, July 31, 2000 (Former name: none; new name: Stara Zagora, Oblast--ADM1, 42°29ʹN 25°36ʹE (BU59))
GEOnet, viewed March 10, 2017 (Stara Zagora [approved], Oblast Stara Zagora [approved], Стара Загора [non-roman script], Област Стара Загора [non-roman script], ADM1 in Bulgaria, 42°27ʹ00ʺN 025°34ʹ00ʺE; also an ADM2 and a PPL with the same name in Bulgaria)
Wikipedia, viewed on May 2, 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; Khaskovo, Kŭrdzhali, and Stara Zagora are the pre-1987 and post-1999 places that were once part of the large province of Khaskovska)
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