Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Pirin National Park' has mentioned 'Park' in the following places:
| Occurrence Sentence | Text Source |
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| The park was established in 1962 and its territory was expanded several times since then. | WIKI |
| The park is situated in Blagoevgrad Province, the nation's south-westernmost region, on the territory of seven municipalities: Bansko, Gotse Delchev, Kresna, Razlog, Sandanski, Simitli and Strumyani. | WIKI |
| Bulgaria's oldest tree, Baikushev's pine, is located in the park. | WIKI |
| Contents 1 History and park administration 2 Geography 2.1 Overview 2.2 Relief and geology 2.3 Climate 2.4 Hydrology 3 Biology 3.1 Ecosystems and forests 3.2 Flora 3.3 Fauna 4 Recreation 5 Development and Environmental Risks 6 See also 7 Citations 8 Sources 8.1 References 8.2 External links | WIKI |
| History and park administration[edit] | WIKI |
| [5] By the Constitution of Bulgaria, the park is exclusively state-owned. | WIKI |
| According to the classification of the International Union for Conservation of Nature the park falls within management category II (national park) with main objective protecting functioning ecosystems while allowing human visitation and its supporting infrastructure. | WIKI |
| The entire territory of the park is included in the European Union network of nature protection areas Natura 2000. | WIKI |
| As of 2004, the park administration had 92 employees. | WIKI |
| [11][12] The park is divided in six sectors: Bayuvi Dupki with office in Razlog,[13] Vihren with office in Bansko,[14] Bezbog with office in Dobrinishte,[15] Trite Reki and Kamenitsa, both with office in Sandanski,[16][17] and Sinanitsa with office in Kresna. | WIKI |
| [19][20] The park is situated entirely in Blagoevgrad Province in the municipalities of Bansko (36.6% of the park's territory), Gotse Delchev (4.9%), Kresna (14.9%), Razlog (10.2%), Sandanski (30.7%), Simitli (2.3%) and Strumyani (0.4%). | WIKI |
| The park covers the northern section, itself divided into two zones. | WIKI |
| The highest point is Vihren at an altitude of 2914xc2xa0m, the second highest summit in Bulgaria and the third one in the Balkan Peninsula, while the lowest altitude in the park is at 950xc2xa0m near Bansko. | WIKI |
| [25] Nearly 60% of the park's area is situated above 2000xc2xa0m. The distribution of the territory of the park by altitude is as follows: up to 1000xc2xa0m xe2x80x93 1.64xc2xa0km2 (0.4%), 1000xe2x80x931600xc2xa0m xe2x80x93 51.09xc2xa0km2 (12.7%); 1600xe2x80x932000xc2xa0m xe2x80x93 121.08xc2xa0km2 (30.0%); 2000xe2x80x932500xc2xa0m xe2x80x93 198.31xc2xa0km2 (49.1%); above 2500xc2xa0m xe2x80x93 31.45xc2xa0km2 (7.8%). | WIKI |
| [25] The inclination of the park's territory is steepxc2xa0xe2x80x94 more than 90% the total area is classified as steep (21xe2x80x9330xc2xb0) or very steep (above 31xc2xb0). | WIKI |
| The Central Pirin pluton covers the southern reaches of the park and is dated to the Upper Oligocene. | WIKI |
| The granitoid rocks cover 55% of the park's territory. | WIKI |
| The highest one is Popinolashki waterfall, measuring some 12xc2xa0m. The average annual discharge of the park's rivers is 355,6 million m3, of them 188,5 million m3 flow to the Struma and 167,1 million m3 to the Mesta. | WIKI |
| [34] The discharge from the park per square kilometre is 2.3 times larger than Pirin's average and 5.6 times larger than Bulgaria's average. | WIKI |
| [37] The plant communities in the park can be classified into several main groups: communities found around bodies of water; bush communities of the subalpine zone; grasslands, including meadows, subalpine and alpine pastures; forest communities; rock communities; and communities of secondary character, which are a result of human activity. | WIKI |
| Forests cover 231.10xc2xa0km2 or 57.3% of the park's total area. | WIKI |
| [38] The oldest tree in Bulgaria, the 1300xe2x80x93year Baikushev's pine of the species Bosnian pine (Pinus heldreichii) , is found in the park and is a contemporary of the foundation of the Bulgarian state in 681 AD. | WIKI |
| Pirin poppy (Papaver degenii) is one of the park's endemic species. | WIKI |
| The flora of the park is diverse and is characterized with high endemism due to the combination of southern geographic latitude and high altitude variation. | WIKI |
| [41] The varied relief creates various ecological environments for plants, further diversified by the dominant rock types which form siliceous and calcareous terrain on the territory of the park. | WIKI |
| [45] There are 18 species endemic to the park and another 17 are restricted only to Bulgaria, which makes a total of 35 Bulgarian endemic species. | WIKI |
| [43][45] The park is also home to 86 Balkan endemic species. | WIKI |
| The endemic species restricted to the park are: Pirin poppy (Papaver degenii), Pirin meadow-grass (Poa pirinica), Urumov oksitropis (Oxytropis urumovii), Kozhuharov oksitropis (Oxytropis kozuharovii), Banderishka lady's mantle (Alchemilla bandericensis), Pirin lady's mantle (Alchemilla pirinica), Kelererova asineuma (Asyneuma kellerianum), Pirin sandwort (Arenaria pirinica), Pirin sedge (Carex pirinensis), Pirin fleabane (Erigeron vichrensis), David mullein (Verbascum davidoffii), lesser Pirin fescue (Festuca pirinica), Pirin hogweed (Heracleum angustisectum), Yavorkova rattle (Rhinanthus javorkae), Pirin thyme (Thymus perinicus), Daphne domini, Daphne velenovskyi. | WIKI |
| [50] The small mammals, especially rodents and bats, are not fully studied in the whole territory of the park. | WIKI |
| [52] The park's rarest residents are lesser spotted eagle with a single nesting pair,[53] booted eagle, golden eagle with 2 to 5 pairs,[53] short-toed snake eagle with two pairs,[54] saker falcon, peregrine falcon with three pairs,[54] western capercaillie, hazel grouse, rock partridge, corn crake, Eurasian woodcock and stock dove. | WIKI |
| The limited number of species is determined by the high altitude of the park. | WIKI |
| The number of identified invertebrate species in Pirin National Park is 2091, which is 40% of the estimated 4500 species to inhabit the park. | WIKI |
| [62] Only 2% of Bulgaria's Ephemeroptera are found in the parkxc2xa0xe2x80x94 two species. | WIKI |
| They are most diverse in the northern parts of the park, in the Bayuvi Dupkixe2x80x93Dzhindzhiritsa Reserve. | WIKI |
| The park's most challenging hiking trail runs along the top of Koncheto ridge. | WIKI |
| The park's main information center is in Bansko and houses an interactive exhibit on the park's forests, allowing visitors to acquaint themselves with facts about the park's vegetation and wildlife. | WIKI |
| [63] As of 2002 on the territory of the park there were 1837 beds, including 885 in mountain refuges, 214 in hotels, 124 in bungalows and 615 in premises belonging to different departments of the state administration. | WIKI |
| There are 20 marked hiking trails in the park. | WIKI |
| 1 is part of the E4 European long distance path and crosses the park following the itinerary Predel Refugexe2x80x93Yavorov Refugexe2x80x93Vihren Refugexe2x80x93Tevno Lakexe2x80x93Pirin Refugexe2x80x93Popov Grasslands. | WIKI |
| There are many factors which threaten the ecosystems in the park. | WIKI |
| Rock quarries, wildland arson, industrial and illegal logging, poaching, excessive trail use, vehicle access, and most notably the ski resorts have put the park under significant threat. | WIKI |
| The expansion of the resort took place even though the park legislature strictly forbids such activity in the park's limits. | WIKI |
| In December 2017, the Bulgarian government, without warning changed the legislature of the park so that commercial logging and construction of roads and buildings within 50% the park is made legal. | WIKI |
| Bansko, adjoining the property, has become one of the most rapidly developing towns in Bulgaria with hotels and holiday resorts constructed literally on the park boundary. | UNESCO |