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ID: 1026863
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1026863
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Dimitrovgrad (inhabited place)  Dimitrovgrad (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 42 03 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 42.0500  decimal degrees
Long: 025 34 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 25.5667  decimal degrees

Note: Located in the fertile lowlands of the Maritsa River valley in the region of Khaskovo in south-central Bulgaria, the town was constructed by young Bulgarians in 1947, incorporating three existing villages. Its main industries include food processing, and chemical, cement, and asbestos industries. The 1988 estimated population was 57,100.

Names:
Dimitrovgrad (preferred,C,V,Bulgarian,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Bulgaria (nation)  ........  Bulgaria (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Haskovo (province)  ............  Haskovo (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Dimitrovgrad (inhabited place)  ................  Dimitrovgrad (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  built in 1947 on existing settlements
town (C)
transportation center (C)
agricultural center (C)
mining center (C)
industrial center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Dimitrovgrad..........  [VP Preferred]
.......................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IV, 99
.......................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 56
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IV, 99
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 56
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014) accessed 30 Oct. 2003

 

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