Gorna Dzhumaya

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Gorna Dzhumaya is the former name of the Bulgarian city now known as Blagoevgrad, a regional center in southwestern Bulgaria.

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Gorna Džumaja 2
Gorna Dzhumaya canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former name of a city
historical city name
country Bulgaria
currentName Blagoevgrad
ethnicComposition predominantly Bulgarian population (historically)
formerOfficialNameOf Blagoevgrad
hasAlternativeName Gorna Dzhumaya
surface form: Gorna Džumaja
hasAlternativeTransliteration Gorna Dzhumaya self-linksurface differs
surface form: Gorna Džumaja
historicalEvent liberated by Bulgaria during the Balkan Wars
historicalFunction market town
trade center on routes along the Struma River
historicalPeriod Ottoman period in the Balkans
historicalRegion Macedonia (Greece)
surface form: Macedonia
historicalStatus kaza center in the Ottoman Empire
isFormerNameOf Blagoevgrad
languageOfToponym Bulgarian
locatedIn Blagoevgrad Province
Southwestern Bulgaria
locatedInRegion Pirin Mountains
surface form: Pirin Macedonia
locatedNear Pirin Mountains
Rila Mountains
locatedOnRiver Struma River
locatedSouthOf Sofia
partOf Ottoman Empire
presentDayMunicipalityCenter Blagoevgrad
surface form: Blagoevgrad Municipality
renamedTo Blagoevgrad
servedAs administrative center for the surrounding region
regional economic center in southwestern Bulgaria
usedInLanguage Bulgarian
wasRegionalCenterOf Blagoevgrad Province

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Blagoevgrad formerName Gorna Dzhumaya
Gorna Dzhumaya hasAlternativeTransliteration Gorna Dzhumaya self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Gorna Džumaja
Gorna Dzhumaya hasAlternativeName Gorna Dzhumaya
this entity surface form: Gorna Džumaja