Dragostin Драгостин | |
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Former Village | |
Coordinates: 41°34′28″N23°41′48″E / 41.57444°N 23.69667°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Province | Blagoevgrad Province |
Municipality | Gotse Delchev |
Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
• Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
Dragostin (before 1934 called Borzhoza) is a ruined mountain village now in the municipality of Gotse Delchev, in Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria.
Georgi Nikolov Delchev, known as Gotse Delchev, also spelled Goce Delčev, Cyrillic: Гоце Делчев, originally spelled in older Bulgarian orthography: Гоце Дѣлчевъ; was an important Bulgarian revolutionary figure in Ottoman-ruled Macedonia and Thrace at the turn of the 20th century. He was the most prominent leader of what is known today as Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO), a paramilitary organization active in Ottoman territories in the Balkans, at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century.
Blagoevgrad Province, also known as Pirin Macedonia is a province (oblast) of southwestern Bulgaria. It borders four other Bulgarian provinces to the north and east, to the Greek region of Macedonia to the south, and North Macedonia to the west. The province has 14 municipalities with 12 towns. Its principal city is Blagoevgrad, while other significant towns include Bansko, Gotse Delchev, Melnik, Petrich, Razlog, Sandanski, and Simitli.
Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, and the Black Sea to the east. The capital and largest city is Sofia; other major cities are Plovdiv, Varna and Burgas. With a territory of 110,994 square kilometres (42,855 sq mi), Bulgaria is Europe's 16th-largest country.
Served by a poor road, and surrounded by woodland, the village had fewer than twenty houses and stood about three kilometres to the west of the centre of Gotse Delchev. The population slowly left because there were no modern amenities and because access to the neighbouring town was difficult. Due to having no permanent residents, nor any other activity for many years, and after a plea from the Municipality, on 29 February 2008 Dragostin was removed from the official list of villages and the whole of its area was transferred into the administration of Gotse Delchev. [1] The electric supply was cut off some years ago.
Although some of the former village's houses are still standing, they are not lived in, so are in decay, and some are thought to be in a dangerous state. [2] However, a church standing just outside the village is reported to be still in good condition.
Gotse Delchev, is a town in Gotse Delchev Municipality in Blagoevgrad Province of Bulgaria with a population of 20,522.
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Coordinates: 41°34′28″N23°41′48″E / 41.57444°N 23.69667°E
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