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unusual facts about Petrich, Sofia Province



Alino, Sofia Province

Alino is a village in Samokov Municipality, Sofia Province, Bulgaria.

Battle of the Gates of Trajan

It took place in the pass of the same name, modern Trayanovi Vrata, in Sofia Province, Bulgaria.

Belasica

Two football teams are named after the mountain range, PFC Belasitsa from the nearby Bulgarian town of Petrich and FC Belasica from Strumica in the Republic of Macedonia.

El Al Flight 402

El Al Flight 402, a Lockheed L-049 Constellation pressurized four-engine propliner, registered 4X-AKC, was an international passenger flight from Vienna, Austria, to Tel Aviv, Israel, via Istanbul, Turkey, on July 27, 1955, which strayed into Bulgarian airspace and was shot down by two Bulgarian MiG-15 jet fighters and crashed near Petrich, Bulgaria.

Golak, Sofia Province

Golak is a village in Kostenets Municipality, Sofia Province, Bulgaria.

Livingston Island

Several squares and streets in Bulgarian towns and cities are named after Livingston Island, such as Livingston Island Square in Samuil and Kula, and Livingston Island Street in Gotse Delchev, Yambol, Petrich, Sofia, Lovech and Vidin.

Novo Selo-Petrich

This border crossing is the most relaxed since the other two largely link the capitals and the larger cities, and it is also the only crossing point situated on a plain; the other two - Deve Bair (Kriva Palanka-Kyustendil) and Lisichkovo (Delčevo-Blagoevgrad) - are situated at the peaks of mountains.

The crossing is named after the two closest settlements situated along the road on either side of the frontier: Novo Selo is a near-by Macedonian village in the oblast of Strumica and Petrich is a small Bulgarian town situated in the Blagoevgrad Province.

Ograzhden

It is located north of Belasitsa, northeast of the Macedonian town of Strumica and northwest of the Bulgarian town of Petrich.

Petrich, Sofia Province

According to the Treaty of Berlin of 1878 the border between the liberated Principality of Bulgaria and the autonomous Eastern Rumelia followed the summit of the Balkan mountains and went southwards between Pirdop and Dushintsi eventually following the Topolnitsa river at Petrich.

Ponor, Sofia Province

Ponor is a village in Kostinbrod Municipality, Sofia Province, Bulgaria.

Ribaritsa, Sofia Province

Ribaritsa is a village in Etropole Municipality, Sofia Province, Bulgaria.

Smolsko, Sofia Province

Smolsko is a village in Mirkovo Municipality, Sofia Province, Bulgaria.

Yamna, Sofia Province

Yamna is a village in Etropole Municipality, Sofia Province, Bulgaria.


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