Blagoevgrad Province is a province (oblast) of southwestern Bulgaria. The administrative centre is Blagoevgrad.
The province has 14 municipalities with 12 towns. Significant towns include Bansko, Gotse Delchev, Melnik, Petrich, Razlog, Sandanski, and Simitli.
There are several mountains, or parts of mountains, in the province. These are Rila, Pirin, the Rhodopes, Slavyanka, Belasitsa, Vlahina, Maleshevo, Ograzhden and Stargach. There are two major rivers, Struma River and Mesta River.
Municipalities
The Blagoevgrad province has 14 municipalities. The following table shows the names of each municipality, the main town (in bold) or village, and the population of each as of 2011.
Notable people from Blagoevgrad Province
Paisiy Hilendarski (1722–1773) Neofit Rilski (1793–1881) Georgi Izmirliev (1851–1876) Boris Sarafov (1872–1907) Jane Sandanski (1872–1915) Nikola Vapcarov (1909–1942) Georgi Pirinski (1948) Rosen Plevneliev (1964)