Official Name: | General Todorov |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Bulgaria |
Pushpin Label Position: | Location in Bulgaria |
Subdivision Name: | Bulgaria |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Blagoevgrad Province |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Petrich Municipality |
Population As Of: | 2007 |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Coordinates: | 41.467°N 23.267°W |
General Todorov (Bulgarian: Генерал Тодоров in Bulgarian pronounced as /ɡɛnɛˈraɫ todoˈrɔf/) is a village in Petrich Municipality, in Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria.[1] Before 1984, it was known as Pripechene (Bulgarian: Припечене in Bulgarian pronounced as /priˈpɛt͡ʃɛnɛ/). As of 2013, it had a population of 668.[2]
The previous name of the village is Pripechene (Bulgarian: Припечене). During the Ottoman period, the village had a mixed Bulgarian and Turkish population. According to an Ottoman document from 1519 there were 6 Muslim and 39 non-Muslim households in Pripechene. The main occupation of the population in Pripechene was farming rice.[3] A Vasil Kanchov study of 1900 counted 114 Bulgarian and 70 Turkish inhabitants. [4]
The village was renamed General Todorov after general Georgi Todorov in 1984.