Aydemir ( bg, Айдемир, also ''Aidemir'', ''Ajdemir'') is a village in northeastern

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, part of

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. Aydemir has 5711 inhabitants in 2016, down from 9095 short after the fall of communism in 1992. It is the second most populous village in Bulgaria: the village of

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took the lead as its population grew up to 6252 people while Aydemir lost many inhabitants in the same period. Aydemir lies at , 31 m above sea level. The village is located in the valley of the

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, 3 km south of the river and 8 km west of

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, on the road from Silistra to

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. The mayor is Rumen Angelov. Aydemir is divided into three parts: the centre, the quarter of Delenkite and the quarter of Tataritsa, which was founded in 1674 by

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(''see

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'') at a location prior to that inhabited by

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. Tataritsa is now one of the only two

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villages in Bulgaria, the other being

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. The village has a church, the Church of the

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, which was constructed in 1829. For a certain period, it was named Knyaz Hesenski (Княз Хесенски, "

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") in honour of Alexander I Battenberg, the first monarch of modern Bulgaria. According to Ancho Kaloyanov, the name of the village is derived from

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άγιος (''agios'', "

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") and the shortening of the personal name

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, i.e. "

Saint Demetrius Saint Demetrius (or Demetrios) of Thessaloniki, Thessalonica ( el, Ἅγιος Δημήτριος τῆς Θεσσαλονίκης, (); bg, Димитър Солунски (); mk, Свети Димитрија Солунски (); ro, Sfântu ...

", both through Turkic. In 1924, a 14th-century treasure comprising 101 silver coins, including some of

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Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria Ivan Alexander ( bg, Иван Александър, transliterated ''Ivan Aleksandǎr'', ; original spelling: ІѠАНЪ АЛЄѮАНдРЪ), also sometimes Anglicized as John Alexander, ruled as Emperor (''Tsar'') of Bulgaria from 1331 to 1371, ...

, was discovered near the village.

Footnotes

External links

Website of the village
Villages in Silistra Province Populated places established in 1674 1674 establishments in the Ottoman Empire {{Silistra-geo-stub