General Todorov

Bulgaria / Blagoevgrad / Petric /
General Todorov is a village in Petrich Municipality, in Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria. Τhe previous name of the village is Pripechene (Bulgarian: Припечене). During the Ottoman period, the village had a mixed Bulgarian and Turkish population. According to an Ottoman document from 1519 there were 6 Muslim and 39 non-Muslim households in Pripechene. The main occupation of the population in Pripechene was farming rice. A Vasil Kanchov study of 1900 counted 114 Bulgarian and 70 Turkish inhabitants. The village was renamed General Todorov after general Georgi Todorov in 1984.
The population is 608 people (31.12.2019 - National Statistical Institute).
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Todorov_(village)
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Coordinates:   41°27'15"N   23°17'6"E
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