Bobov Dol
Bobov Dol
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Bobov Dol (
coal mines and thermal power plant. The third-largest town in the province (after Kyustendil and Dupnitsa
), it is the administrative centre of Bobov Dol municipality.
Located in a mountainous region, it is surrounded on three sides by the mountain Konyavska Planina, with the Gologlavski Rid ridge to the north and east and the volcano-resembling peak of Kolosh to the west. To the south is the Razmetanitsa plain which reaches the valley of the
bean valley") may allude to the bean-shaped valley where the original village, now the Hristo Botev neighbourhood, is located; the name was first mentioned in 1576.[1] To the east is the other town part of Bobov Dol, the newer Minyor neighbourhood in the Bankovitsa area which dates to 1954 and mostly consists of tower blocks
.
Bobov Dol was first mentioned in an
Socialist era, Bobov Dol attracted many workers as it experienced an economic and demographic boom, with groups of workers arriving from as far as Nicaragua
in the 1980s.
Notable natives include football manager
B PFG
.
Municipality
Bobov Dol is the administrative centre of Bobov Dol municipality (part of Kyustendil Province), which includes the following 18 places:
References
- OCLC 57603720.
External links
- Official municipality website Archived 2012-06-18 at the Wayback Machine (in Bulgarian)
- Bobov Dol municipality at Domino.bg (in Bulgarian and English)
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