Goce Delchev – City in the Pirin part of Macedonia, Republic of Bulgaria: 20.329 h. (1992). It is located in the northwest of the Gotchelchevo valley and the sub-foot of Pirin Mountain at an altitude of 500 m. Since 1950 He bears the name of the Macedonian revolutionary Goce Delchev, and until then he was called neurocrop. The climate is changed The mean annual temperature is 11.30 ° C. North of Mr. D., In the villages Banichan and Ogdanovo there are thermomineral springs. In the goocelchevo valley, the Gotcelichevian coal basin extends. Under the name Neurokop The settlement is first mentioned in 1482. At the end of ⅹⅰⅹ c. In neurocrop lived 6,215 h. Of them 850 h. They were Macedonians, 5,000 h. Turks, 190 h. Vlachs, 110 h. Jews and 65 h. Gypsies. The biggest increase in the population was registered in the period from 1975 to 1985. Then the number of residents in the city increased by 3,000. In recent years, the population is stabilized at around 20,000. The main part of them are Macedonians. From industrial enterprises significant are: Electronics Office “M. Antonov, “The Pirinplast Plastic Installation, the Textile Accessory Factory” Orel “, the wood-processing company” Mr. Delcev, “Tobacco processing company” Tutownovprom “, etc. The city has a tourist company, two Hottles, Historical Museum, Library, Monuments of Mr. Delcev and P. Javorov, three primary and two secondary schools and general hospital with more departments. Lit.: R. Gynev, city of Goce Delchev and Province, Sophie®, 1972; City of Goce Delchev. Out the past of the cities and Rajona, Sofia, 1988. Al. ST. Ensemble “Goce Delchev” (1971)
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