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Petrich
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Petrich ( ) is a town in Blagoevgrad Province in southwestern Bulgaria, located in Sandanski–Petrich Valley at the foot of the Belasica Mountains in the Strumeshnitsa Valley. According to the 2021 census, the town has 26,778 inhabitants.
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- Petrich
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- Bulgaria
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- Bulgaria
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- 80.421
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- Петрич
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Antiquity
- The Middle Ages
- In the Ottoman Empire
- Revival struggles
- Geography
- Climate
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Petrich ( ) is a town in Blagoevgrad Province in southwestern Bulgaria, located in Sandanski–Petrich Valley at the foot of the Belasica Mountains in the Strumeshnitsa Valley. According to the 2021 census, the town has 26,778 inhabitants.
It is the seat of Petrich Municipality.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Petrich” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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