Dimitrovgrad, Serbia

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Димитровград
Dimitrovgrad
Цариброд

Location in Serbia
General Information
District	Pirot
Land area	483 km²
Population (2002 census)	6,968 (town) 11,748 (municipality)
Settlements	43
Coordinates	43°01′N 22°47′E
Area code	+381 10
Car plates	PI
Time zone	CET (UTC+1) CEST (UTC+2)
Website	http://www.dimitrovgrad.org.yu
Politics
Mayor	Veselin Veličkov, DP

Dimitrovgrad (Serbian: official Dimitrovgrad or Димитровград, but also used Caribrod (Цариброд); in Bulgarian: the name Цариброд is preferred, transliterated as Caribrod, Tzaribrod or Tsaribrod). Dimitrovgrad is a town and 483 km² municipality located in the Pirot District of the Republic of Serbia. According to 1991 census, the municipality of Dimitrovgrad had a population of 13,488 people.

Contents 1 Demographics 2 History 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] Demographics

According to the 1991 census, the absolute ethnic majority in the municipality were ethnic Bulgarians, while according to the 2002 census, the municipality was somehow ethnically mixed, with relative Bulgarian ethnic majority.

According to the 2002 census data, the population of the Dimitrovgrad municipality was 11,748 people, and it was composed of:

• Bulgarians = 5,836 (49.68%)
• Serbs = 3,005 (25.58%)
• Others.

[edit] History

The Kingdom of Yugoslavia gained the region from Bulgaria following the Treaty of Neuilly, signed on November 27, 1919. Between 1920 and 1941 the population of the region was denied any right to education or church services in Bulgarian and was officially regarded as Serbian by the Yugoslav authorities, including changed Bulgarian names to Serbian. Its interests were protected by the Internal Western Provinces Revolutionary Organisation known as Vrtop. The Serbian governments have neglected the area for decades ,as they did the whole of southern Serbia, which led to mass unemployment, low living standards and emigration from the municipality.

[edit] See also

• Bosilegrad

[edit] External links

• Official municipality web site
• The Bulgarian minority cultural community in Dimitrovgrad
• Report of the United Nations on the situation of the Bulgarian minority in Dimitrovgrad
• Caribrod's News Group

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