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health station, a veterinary hospital, a secondary school, a big library community centre with a theatrical hall, a modern slaughterhouse... all of this was achieved by Nikola
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small town in order to implement his modern urbanization plan. Today, Nevrokop has a sewage system, a water-conduit, electrical lighting, a wonderful city park, beautiful streets, modern private and public buildings, a metropolitan's palace, a city hall, a municipal pharmacy, a hospital, a public
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In April 1926, Atanasov was elected mayor of
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