Dimitrovgrad

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Dimitrovgrad (Serbian: Dimitrovgrad or Димитровград, Bulgarian: Цариброд, transliterated as Caribrod, Tzaribrod or Tsaribrod) is a town and 483 sqkm municipality located in the Pirot District of Serbia. According to 1991 census, the municipality of Dimitrovgrad had a population of 13,488 people. The Serbian language is one of the standard versions of the Å tokavian dialect, used primarily in Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina and by Serbs everywhere. ... Pirot District Pirotski okrug The Pirot District expands in the south eastern parts of Serbia. ... Serbia and Montenegro  â€“ Serbia      â€“ Vojvodina      â€“ Kosovo (UN admin. ...

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 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.

Serbs (Serbian: Срби, Srbi) are a south Slavic people who live mainly in Serbia-Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and, to a lesser extent, in Croatia. ...

History

Serbian Ortodox Church in Dimitrovgrad

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 previous governments in Belgrade neglected the area, as they did the whole of southern Serbia, which led to mass unemployment and low living standards. The Kingdom of Yugoslavia was a kingdom in the Balkans which existed from the end of World War I until World War II. It occupied an area made up of the present-day states of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, and most of present-day Slovenia... The Treaty of Neuilly, dealing with Bulgaria for its role as one of the Central Powers in World War I, was signed on the November 27, 1919 at Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. ... 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 3 - Babe Ruth is traded by the Boston Red Sox to the New York Yankees for $125,000, the largest sum ever paid for a player at that time. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1941 calendar). ... Serbs (Serbian: Срби, Srbi) are a south Slavic people who live mainly in Serbia-Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and, to a lesser extent, in Croatia. ... The Internal Western Outland Revolutionary Organisation ( Вътрешна западнопокрайненска революционна организация), IWORO, was a Bulgarian revolutionary organisation active in the Western Outlands in Serbia between 1921 and 1941. ... Belgrade (Serbian: Beograd, Београд ) is the capital of the Republic of Serbia, as well as the currently dissolving State Union of Serbia and Montenegro. ...

See also

• Bosilegrad

Bosilegrad (Босилеград) is a town and municipality in Pčinja District of Central Serbia, Serbia and Montenegro. ...

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