Razlog

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Razlog
Разлог
Map of Bulgaria, Razlog is indicated
Province
(oblast)
Blagoevgrad
Population 13,525 (2005-09-13)
Altitude 812 m
Postal code 2760
Area code 0747
License plate
province code
E
Geographic
coordinates
41° 53' north,
23° 28' east
Time zone EET
(UTC+2; UTC+3 in summer)
Mayor Lyuben Tatarski
View over Razlog with the mountains in the background
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View over Razlog with the mountains in the background

Razlog (Bulgarian: Разлог) is a town in the Blagoevgrad Province in southwestern Bulgaria. It is situated in the Razlog Valley and was first mentioned during the reign of Byzantine emperor Basil II. The town's population actively participated in the Kresna-Razlog and Ilinden-Preobrazhenie Uprising, Razlog itself being liberated from Ottoman rule in 1912. Razlog has developed as a centre of winter tourism in the 1990s and 2000s owing to its favourable position in the vicinity of the Pirin, Rila and Rhodope Mountains.

[edit] Municipality

Razlog is the administrative centre of Razlog municipality (part of Blagoevgrad Province), which includes the following eight places:

  • Bachevo
  • Banya
  • Dobarsko
  • Dolno Draglishte
  • Eleshnitsa
  • Godlevo
  • Gorno Draglishte
  • Razlog

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Bansko | Belitsa | Blagoevgrad | Gotse Delchev | Garmen | Kresna | Petrich | Razlog | Sandanski | Satovcha | Simitli | Strumyani | Hadzhidimitrovo | Yakoruda

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