Official Name: | Izgrev |
Native Name: | Изгрев |
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: | Blagoevgrad |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Yordan Kitanov |
Leader Party: | independent |
Area Total Km2: | 6.306 |
Population As Of: | 15 December 2010[1] |
Population Note: | GRAO |
Population Total: | 521 |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal Code |
Postal Code: | 2711 |
Area Code: | 073 |
Coordinates: | 42.0167°N 29°W |
Elevation M: | 561 |
Izgrev is a village in Blagoevgrad Municipality, in Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria. It is situated in the foothills of Rila mountain 1 kilometer southeast of Blagoevgrad. The village was created in 1963 and named Aidarovo. The name was changed to Izgrev in 1987.
Izgrev Passage in Antarctica is named after the village.