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Montana (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 43 25 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 43.4167 decimal degrees |
| Long: 023 11 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 23.1833 decimal degrees |
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Note: Montana is a town in northwestern Bulgaria located on the Ogosta River in an area noted for its rich agriculture and forested land. The site was settled by the Romans under the name Montanensia. Renamed Mikhaylovgrad after the Second World War, it was given its present name in 1993 with the fall of the Communists in Bulgaria. The town is a market for the grains, fruits, wines, market-garden produce, and livestock produced locally. It has some light industry. The 2003 estimated population was 49,000. |
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| Montana (preferred,C,V,Bulgarian,U,N)
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............ | since 1993 |
| Mikhaylovgrad (C,V,Bulgarian,U,N)
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............ | named after 1923, after Khristo Mikhailov, a local insurgent leader |
| Mikhailovgrad (C,V)
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| Mihailovgrad (C,V)
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| Mihajlovgrad (C,V)
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| Golyama Kutlovitsa (H,V,Bulgarian,U,N)
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............ | used in early 20th cen. |
| Montanensia (H,V,Latin,U,N)
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............ | Roman |
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Montana (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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was a Roman settlement |
| town (C) |
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| provincial capital (C) |
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| agricultural center (C) |
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| market center (C) |
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