Blagoevgrad (bgr)

Blagoevgrad

Blagoevgrad ranks 2,507th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Salem, Oregon, Fukuchiyama, Kyoto, and Cegléd. Memorable people born in Blagoevgrad include Dimitar Berbatov, Ivaylo Andonov, and Stanislav Manolev. Blagoevgrad has been the birth place of many soccer players. Blagoevgrad is located in Bulgaria.

Blagoevgrad is а town in Southwestern Bulgaria, the administrative centre of Blagoevgrad Municipality and of Blagoevgrad Province. With a population of almost 70,000 inhabitants, it is the economic and cultural centre of Southwestern Bulgaria. It is located in the valley of the Struma River at the foot of the Rila Mountains, 101 kilometres south of Sofia, close to the border with North Macedonia. Read more on Wikipedia