Editing Bobov Dol

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| official_name            = Bobov Dol
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| image_caption            = Orthodox chapel near Bobov Dol
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| subdivision_name1        = [[Kyustendil Province|Kyustendil]]
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| population_as_of         = 2004-12-15
| elevation_m              = 694
| postal_code              = 2670
| area_code                = 0702
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'''Bobov Dol''' ({{langx|bg|Бобов дол}} {{IPA|bg|ˈbɔbovˌdɔɫ|}}; also '''Bobovdol''') is a town in [[Bobov Dol Municipality]], [[Kyustendil Province]], southwestern [[Bulgaria]]. Bobov Dol lies near the geographic centre of the [[Balkan Peninsula]] and is known for its [[coal mine]]s and [[Bobov Dol Power Plant|thermal power plant]]. The third-largest town in the province (after [[Kyustendil]] and [[Dupnitsa]]), it is the administrative centre of Bobov Dol municipality.

Located in a mountainous region, it is surrounded on three sides by the mountain Konyavska Planina, with the Gologlavski Rid ridge to the north and east and the volcano-resembling peak of Kolosh to the west. To the south is the Razmetanitsa plain which reaches the valley of the [[Struma River]]. The town's name (literally "[[beans|bean]] valley") may allude to the bean-shaped valley where the original village, now the Hristo Botev neighbourhood, is located; the name was first mentioned in 1576.<ref>{{cite book|last=Чолева-Димитрова|first=Анна М.|title=Селищни имена от Югозападна България: Изследване. Речник|publisher=Пенсофт|location=София|year=2002|isbn=954-642-168-5|oclc=57603720|language=Bulgarian|page=117}}</ref> To the east is the other town part of Bobov Dol, the newer Minyor neighbourhood in the Bankovitsa area which dates to 1954 and mostly consists of [[tower block]]s.

Bobov Dol was first mentioned in an [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] tax register of 1576, although the area had been inhabited by the [[Thracians]] in antiquity and was part of the medieval [[Second Bulgarian Empire|Bulgarian Empire]], as well as the [[Byzantine Empire]]. Although in the 1830s the geologist [[Ami Boué]] visited the region and studied the local coal deposits, it was not until after the [[Liberation of Bulgaria]] that extraction began, namely in 1891. On 30 September 1967, the village of Bobov Dol was proclaimed a town. The Bobov Dol Thermal Power Plant was built between 1973 and 1975, 10 kilometres from the town, at the village of Golemo Selo. During the [[History of the People's Republic of Bulgaria|Socialist era]], Bobov Dol attracted many workers as it experienced an economic and demographic boom, with groups of workers arriving from as far as [[Nicaragua]] in the 1980s.

Notable natives include football manager [[Georgi Vasilev (born 1946)|Georgi Vasilev]] (born 1946) and Prime Minister [[Plamen Oresharski]] (born 1960). The local [[football (soccer)|football]] club, [[PFC Minyor Bobov dol]], plays in the second division of Bulgarian football, [[B PFG]].

==Municipality==
[[Image:Bobov Dol Power Plant.jpg|right|thumb|280px|[[Bobov Dol Power Plant]].]]
Bobov Dol is the administrative centre of Bobov Dol municipality (part of Kyustendil Province), which includes the following 18 places:

{|
| valign="top" |
* [[Babino, Bulgaria|Babino]]
* [[Babinska Reka]]
* [[Blato, Bulgaria|Blato]]
* Bobov Dol
* [[Dolistovo]]
* [[Golema Fucha]]
* [[Golemo Selo]]
* [[Golyam Varbovnik]]
* [[Gorna Koznitsa]]
| valign="top" |
* [[Korkina]]
* [[Lokvata]]
* [[Mala Fucha]]
* [[Malo Selo, Bulgaria|Malo Selo]]
* [[Mali Varbovnik]]
* [[Mlamolovo]]
* [[Novoselyane]]
* [[Panicharevo]]
* [[Shatrovo, Bulgaria|Shatrovo]]
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.bobovdol.eu/ Official municipality website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120618151703/http://www.bobovdol.eu/ |date=2012-06-18 }} {{in lang|bg}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070630054825/http://bulgaria.domino.bg/bobovdol/ Bobov Dol municipality at Domino.bg] {{in lang|bg|en}}

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[[Category:Towns in Bulgaria]]
[[Category:Populated places in Kyustendil Province]]