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BLAGOEVGRAD<br />
Blagoevgrad is located in Southwest Bulgaria, at a<br />
distance of about 100 km from Sofia, in the so called<br />
Blagoevgrad valley, and it has a population of 70,881<br />
inhabitants. The town is situated in close proximity to<br />
the southwest slopes of Rila Mountain, in the river<br />
valleys of Struma and Blagoevgradska Bistritsa.<br />
The foot of Vlahina Mountain can be seen to the west of<br />
it. The territory of the town in regional scale is located<br />
in the westernmost part of the Rila-Rhodope Massif. The<br />
average temperature is +14 degrees, which determines<br />
the region as one of the warmest in the country.<br />
Orthodox memorial<br />
cross ?Memory and<br />
Faith? s was built in<br />
2013 and stands as a<br />
guardian symbol<br />
above Blagoevgrad.<br />
American University and South<br />
West University is a private,<br />
selective, residential liberal arts<br />
university located in Blagoevgrad,<br />
Bulgaria. Courses are taught in<br />
English by an international faculty.<br />
It was stablished in 1991 and<br />
enrolls 1,000 students from 40<br />
different countries every year.<br />
The South-West University<br />
"Neofit Rilski" was founded in<br />
1975 and it is divided into seven<br />
faculties and one college.
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