Razlog

Razlog Разлог
Country	Bulgaria
Provinces (Oblast)	Blagoevgrad
Government
• Mayor	Lyuben Tatarski
Elevation	812 m (2,664 ft)
Population  (2005-09-13)
• Total	22,525
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code	2760
Area code	0747

View over Razlog with the mountains in the background

Razlog (Bulgarian: Разлог) is a town and ski resort in the Blagoevgrad Province in southwestern Bulgaria. It is situated in the Razlog Valley and was first mentioned during the reign of Byzantine emperor Basil II. The town's population actively participated in the Kresna-Razlog and Ilinden-Preobrazhenie Uprising, Razlog, which was part of Serez sanjak in Selanik vilayet as "Razlık", itself being liberated from Ottoman rule in 1912. Razlog has developed as a centre of winter tourism in the 1990s and 2000s owing to its favourable position in the vicinity of the Pirin, Rila and Rhodope Mountains.

Municipality

Razlog is the administrative centre of Razlog municipality (part of Blagoevgrad Province), which includes the following eight places:

Bachevo Banya Dobarsko Dolno Draglishte Eleshnitsa Godlevo Gorno Draglishte Razlog

Honour

Razlog Cove on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica is named after Razlog.

External links

• Official web site of Razlog
• Information portal of Razlog and Bansko - hotels, news, forum, ski conditions
• Razlog.org
• Razlog-bg.com