Municipalities
The Blagoevgrad province (oбласт, oblast) contains 14 municipalities (singular: oбщина, obshtina - plural: oбщини, obshtini). The following table shows the names of each municipality in English and Cyrillic, the main town (in bold) or village, and the population of each as of 2011.
| Municipality | Cyrillic | Pop. |
Town/Village | Pop. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bansko | Банско | 13,125 | Bansko | 8,562 |
| Belitsa | Белица | 9,927 | Belitsa | 3,362 |
| Blagoevgrad | Благоевград | 77,441 | Blagoevgrad | 70,881 |
| Garmen | Гърмен | 14,981 | Garmen | 1,982 |
| Gotse Delchev | Гоце Делчев | 31,236 | Gotse Delchev | 19,219 |
| Hadzhidimovo | Хаджидимово | 10,091 | Hadzhidimovo | 2,730 |
| Kresna | Кресна | 5,441 | Kresna | 3,470 |
| Petrich | Петрич | 54,006 | Petrich | 28,902 |
| Razlog | Разлог | 20,598 | Razlog | 11,960 |
| Sandanski | Сандански | 40,470 | Sandanski | 26,472 |
| Satovcha | Сатовча | 15,444 | Satovcha | 2,434 |
| Simitli | Симитли | 14,283 | Simitli | 6,674 |
| Strumyani | Струмяни | 5,778 | Strumyani | 998 |
| Yakoruda | Якоруда | 10,731 | Yakoruda | 5,792 |
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