Blagoevgrad Province (
Bulgarian: област Благоевград, oblast Blagoevgrad or Благоевградска област, Blagoevgradska oblast), also known in certain contexts as Pirin Macedonia (
Bulgarian: Пиринска Македония, Pirinska Makedoniya), is a province (
oblast) of southwestern
Bulgaria. To the north and east it borders with four other
Bulgarian provinces, to the south with
Greece and the west with the
Republic of Macedonia. It has 14 municipalities with 12 towns. The province's major city is
Blagoevgrad, while other significant towns include
Bansko,
Gotse Delchev,
Melnik,
Petrich,
Razlog,
Sandanski and
Simitli.
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