Blagoevgrad (formerly: Upper Jumia) – City in the Pirin part of Macedonia, Republic of Bulgaria: 71.343 h. (1992). It is located in the Blagoevgrad Valley, at the foot of the southwestern branches of Mount Rila, on both sides of the Republic of Macedonia. Blagoevgrad Bistrica, at an altitude of 400 m. Through the city, the international road is-79 and a railway line that in the north connect with Sofia and the south through the Tower of Thessaloniki. In the west over the passage Delcevo, B. It is associated with the main road M-5 in the Republic of Macedonia through which it connects to Skopje, and to the east with the same way it is connected to the Display and Bansko. To B. touches the changed Mediterranean climate. The main hydrographic object is the River Blagoevgradian Bystrica, Left tributary of the r. Struma. In Blagoevgrad, the surroundings of the city are the Blagoevgrad mineral waters with a total share of 16.8 l / SEC and water temperature of 54.6 ° C. Blagoevgrad, who until 1950 It was called Gorna Jumaya, developed on the old Thrace Settlement Claptopara. As a city under the name Jum markets for the first time mentioned in documents from 1576. At the beginning of ⅹⅰⅹ c. B. It becomes the center of the Gornoduma Kaza and develops as an important craft and shopping center. According to V. Kyanchov who visited the city toward the end of ⅹⅰⅹ c. It lived 6,440 h. Of them 1,250 h. were Christians, 4,500 h. Turks, 250 h. Vlachs, 200 h. Gypsies, 180 h. Jews and 60 h. Greeks – Christians. Since then, the population in B. is in a steady rise. The biggest increase was observed between 1965 and 1975, when it is more than 32,000 to 50,000 h. In B. More industrial branches such as food, tobacco, textile, machinery, especially the electrotechnical industry, etc. were developed. In the city there are 10 primary schools, three gymnasiums, four technical schools, senior Pedagogical Institute and American University. B. is a significant health center with a united Ronight Hospital, there is TEA-TAR, Opera, historical museum and more cultural and historical monuments. Lit .: Sharkov V., City of Gorna Joomah, Sophie®, 1930; Truck M., Blagoevgrad, Sofia, 1964. Al. ST.
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