LC control no. | n 00140165 |
---|---|
Descriptive conventions | rda |
Geographic heading | Stara Zagora (Bulgaria : Oblast) |
Geographic subdivision usage | Bulgaria--Stara Zagora (Oblast) |
Variant(s) | Oblast Stara Zagora (Bulgaria) Стара Загора (Bulgaria : Oblast) Област Стара Загора (Bulgaria) |
See also | Khaskovska oblast (Bulgaria) |
Biography/History note | Stara Zagora (Bulgaria : Oblast) was created in 1999 when Khaskovska oblast was split into three 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: 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) |
Geographic area code | e-bu--- |