The town and the villages of Borovo, Banichan, Gospodinci and Musomishta are lying in the valley of Mesta river.

In the western part is situated peak Orelek - 2099 m high and in the south are the green slopes of the mountain of Ali Botush.

The lowest parts in the valley of Mesta river are strongly influenced by the Mediterranean climatic processes.

The lowest part of the municipality in the valley of Mesta river are turned to arable or inhabited areas.

[2] The town of Nevrokop became important trade and judicial center with many mosques, beautiful private and residential houses of the administration, according to Evliya Çelebi.

The first church, built in Nevrokop between 1808 and 1811 was dedicated to the Archangel Michael is known for its old Holy Gates and richly decorated fretwork ceilings and icons from 1881.

Refugees from the parts of Macedonia, that were left outside Bulgaria came to live here, so the ethnic character of the population changed.

[4] In 1922 forces of the Macedonian Federative Organization with the support of the Bulgarian government attacked the IMRO local detachments.

As result of this unrest on October 17 Nevrokop was occupied by forces of IMRO, who banished the Federalists, but with no further serious consequences.

In the years of the Bulgarian resistance movement during World War II a formation led by Aneshti Uzunov operated in the region.

After the Bulgarian coup d'état of 1944 many activists of IMRO from the area were assassinated or imprisoned or fled abroad.

After the Second World War the process of conversion of the pomak people and eliminating the influence of the Islam in the region continued with changing temps.

The town of Gotse Delchev lost its importance with the development of Blagoevgrad as the administrative, cultural and educational center in Southwestern Bulgaria.

The most important and busy is the second class road from Simitli to the border crossing Ilinden with Greece going from north to south with length of 25 kilometers in the municipality.

The municipality has been isolated from the big industrial centers in Bulgaria due to its geographic location near the closed border with Greece for about sixty years and the lack of natural resources, the long distances between Gotse Delchev and other bigger towns and the narrow and poorly maintained roads.

After the opening of the Ilinden-Exochi border-crossing and improving the road system in the area the economy of the municipality changed.

The Mediterranean influence in the wide valley of the Mesta river is favorable for modern and productive agriculture in the municipality.

Tobacco was the most important culture in the recent years and presented large part of agriculture of the municipality, especially in the villages, but now there is a decline in the production due to the worldwide restrictions against smoking and the change of the state policy of subsidies for the produced tobacco.

People also grow wheat, maize for grain, beans, sunflowers, potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, apples, vineyards, strawberries, raspberries, blackberries and other fruits.

There is a regional hospital "Dr Ivan Skenderov" with medical center, providing emergent and scheduled treatment.

The Municipal Historical Museum is set in a Bulgarian Baroque style house, built in 1877, with traditional wood-carved fretworks on the ceilings and the doors.

Tools, costumes, ritual fabrics, embroideries, jewellery and musical instruments from the region are exhibited.

Tourists shall be well prepared and equipped and to check the current weather in the highest parts and to follow the signs and beware of avalanches.