Hadzhidimovo
Encyclopedia
Hadzhidimovo is a small town and a centre of a municipality in Blagoevgrad Province
, south-western Bulgaria
.
It is located in the southernmost part of Bulgaria, bordering on Greece
in the Chech region
.
valley, surrounded by the heights of Rila
, Pirin
, Slavyanka, Shilka
, Bozdag
, and the Western Rhodopes Mountains.
Although the municipality is located in a Mediterranean climate region, temperatures quite often fall below 0º in winter, and the summers are hot with sometimes temperatures reaching 45Celsius.
The municipality includes one town, Hadzhidimovo, and 14 villages.
population with a Turkish
minority.
For a while after the merger, the settlement was known as Zhostovo, after Bulgarian general Konstantin Zhostov
who was born in nearby Gaytaninovo
. Today, it bears the name of leftist IMRO revolutionary Dimo Hadzhidimov
. Hadzhidimovo was proclaimed a town in 1996.
, Koprivlen
, and Sadovo
to the Greek border at Ilinden.
Blagoevgrad Province
Blagoevgrad Province , also known as Pirin Macedonia , is a province of southwestern Bulgaria. It borders four other Bulgarian provinces to the north and east, Greece to the south, and the Republic of Macedonia to the west. The province has 14 municipalities with 12 towns...
, south-western Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
.
It is located in the southernmost part of Bulgaria, bordering on Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
in the Chech region
Chech (region)
Chech or Chechko is a geographical and historical region of the Balkan peninsula in southeastern Europe in our days Bulgaria and Greece. Most of its population inhabits about 60 villages and is almost completely Pomak....
.
Geography
The municipality lies in the Mesta RiverMesta River
The Nestos or Mesta , formerly the Mesta Karasu , is a river in Bulgaria and Greece. It rises in the Rila Mountains and flows into the Aegean Sea near the island of Thasos. It plunges down towering canyons toward the Aegean Sea through mostly metamorphic formations...
valley, surrounded by the heights of Rila
Rila
Rila is a mountain range in southwestern Bulgaria and the highest mountain range of Bulgaria and the Balkans, with its highest peak being Musala at 2,925 m...
, Pirin
Pirin
The Pirin Mountains are a mountain range in southwestern Bulgaria, with Vihren the highest peak, situated at . The range extends about 40 km northwest-southeast, and about 25 km wide. Most of the range is protected in the Pirin National Park...
, Slavyanka, Shilka
Shilka
Shilka may refer to the following.*Shilka River, a river in Russia*Shilka , a town in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia*Shilka, alternative name of ZSU-23-4, a Russian self-propelled radar-guided anti-aircraft weapon system...
, Bozdag
Bozdağ
- Geography :Bozdağ is a part of Ödemiş district of İzmir province. It is at the east of the province at on Bozdağ Mountains which it is named after. Distance to ödemiş is . The population of Bozdağ is 1334. as of 2010.- History :...
, and the Western Rhodopes Mountains.
Although the municipality is located in a Mediterranean climate region, temperatures quite often fall below 0º in winter, and the summers are hot with sometimes temperatures reaching 45Celsius.
The municipality includes one town, Hadzhidimovo, and 14 villages.
History
Hadzhidimovo was formed through the merger of the villages of Gorna Singartia and Dolna Singartia. Throughout the 19th century, researchers listed the two villages as having a predominantly ethnic BulgarianBulgarians
The Bulgarians are a South Slavic nation and ethnic group native to Bulgaria and neighbouring regions. Emigration has resulted in immigrant communities in a number of other countries.-History and ethnogenesis:...
population with a Turkish
Turkish people
Turkish people, also known as the "Turks" , are an ethnic group primarily living in Turkey and in the former lands of the Ottoman Empire where Turkish minorities had been established in Bulgaria, Cyprus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Greece, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Romania...
minority.
For a while after the merger, the settlement was known as Zhostovo, after Bulgarian general Konstantin Zhostov
Konstantin Zhostov
Konstantin Andonov Zhostov was a Bulgarian General and Chief of the Bulgarian Army Staff.-Biography:...
who was born in nearby Gaytaninovo
Gaytaninovo
Gaytaninovo is a village in the municipality of Hadzhidimovo, in Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria.-References:...
. Today, it bears the name of leftist IMRO revolutionary Dimo Hadzhidimov
Dimo Hadzhidimov
Dimo Hadzhidimov was a 20th-century Bulgarian revolutionary from Macedonia He is considered a Macedonian in the Republic of Macedonia. He was among the leaders of the left wing of IMORO. Hadzhidimov studied pedagogy in Kyustendil and then in Sofia...
. Hadzhidimovo was proclaimed a town in 1996.
Transportation
The municipality is crossed by the II-19 highway from Gotse DelchevGotse Delchev
Georgi Nikolov Delchev was an important revolutionary figure in Ottoman-ruled Macedonia and Thrace at the turn of the 20th century...
, Koprivlen
Koprivlen
Koprivlen is a village in the municipality of Gotse Delchev, in Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria....
, and Sadovo
Sadovo
Sadovo is a small town in the Plovdiv Province, central Bulgaria. The population is 2 551. Most of the people are employed in agriculture, which due to the fertile soils and the high levels of mechanisation is efficient and highly productive. Major crops are apples, tomatoes, peppers, wheat,...
to the Greek border at Ilinden.