Blatska is a village in
Hadzhidimovo Municipality
Hadzhidimovo Municipality (, ) is situated in the southeastern part of Blagoevgrad Province in southwestern Bulgaria. The administrative center is the town of Hadzhidimovo, located in the northern part of the municipality. To the South Hadzhidimov ...
, in
Blagoevgrad Province
Blagoevgrad Province (, ''oblast Blagoevgrad'' or Благоевградска област, ''Blagoevgradska oblast''), also known as Pirin Macedonia or Bulgarian Macedonia (), (''Pirinska Makedoniya or Bulgarska Makedoniya'') is a province ('' ...
,
Bulgaria
Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern portion of the Balkans directly south of the Danube river and west of the Black Sea. Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey t ...
. It is situated in the valley of the
Mesta
The ''Mesta'' () was a powerful association protecting livestock owners and their animals in the Crown of Castile that was incorporated in the 13th century and was dissolved in 1836. Although best known for its organisation of the annual migrat ...
river, close to the border with
Greece
Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to th ...
.
History
There is an ancient and medieval fortress named "Hysar" east of the center of the village.
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In the list of the villages and the number of non-Muslim households in the
Nevrokop vilayet
A vilayet (, "province"), also known by #Names, various other names, was a first-order administrative division of the later Ottoman Empire. It was introduced in the Vilayet Law of 21 January 1867, part of the Tanzimat reform movement initiated b ...
by March 13 1660 the village is mentioned as one with 15 non-Muslim households.
In the 19th century Blatska is a Muslim village in the Nevrokop kaaza. In the book "Ethnography of the Adrianopol, Monastir and Salonika vilayets", published in Istanbul in 1878, presenting the statistics of the male population in 1873, the village is mentioned as one with 40 households and 100 Muslim people. According to
Vasil Kanchov
Vasil Kanchov (26 July 1862 – 6 February 1902) was a geographer, ethnographer and teacher who served as Minister of Education of Bulgaria.
Early life and education
Vasil Kanchov was born in Vratsa. Upon graduating from High school i ...
at the end of 19th century there were 50 Turkish houses.
In 1899 there were 215 people according to the census of the
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire (), also called the Turkish Empire, was an empire, imperial realm that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Centr ...
.
Гаджанов, Димитър Г. Мюсюлманското население в Новоосвободените земи, в: Научна експедиция в Македония и Поморавието 1916, Военноиздателски комплекс „Св. Георги Победоносец“, Университетско издателство „Св. Климент Охридски“, София, 1993, стр. 245.
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Education
A primary school named "St.St. Cyril and Methodius" is yet functional.
Economy
The main source of income is cultivation of tobacco.
Religion
The population is Muslim. There is a mosque at the center of the village.
Roads and transportation
Blatska is situated just north of the municipal center Hadzhidimovo
Hadzhidimovo ( ) is a small town and the centre of Hadzhidimovo Municipality in Blagoevgrad Province, south-western Bulgaria.
It is located in the southernmost part of Bulgaria, bordering on Greece in the Chech (region), Chech region.
Geography
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and is connected with it by bus. There are two asphalted municipal roads passing through the village.
References
Villages in Hadzhidimovo Municipality
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