Dalgopol ( bg, Дългопол, ; also transliterated ''Dǎlgopol'') is a town in northeastern
Bulgaria
Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedo ...
, part of
Varna Province
Varna Province ( bg, Област Варна, translit=Oblast Varna), formerly known as Varna okrug, is a province in eastern Bulgaria, one of the 28 Bulgarian provinces. It comprises 12 municipalities with a population of 494,216 inhabitants as ...
. It is the administrative centre of
Dalgopol Municipality
Dalgopol Municipality ( bg, Община Дългопол) is a Municipalities of Bulgaria, municipality (''obshtina'') in Varna Province, Northeastern Bulgaria. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Dalgopol.
The municipality ...
, which lies in the southwestern part of the Province. As of December 2009, the town has a population of 4,829 inhabitants.
[Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - towns in 2009]
Dalgopol lies 70 kilometres west of the provincial capital of
Varna, near the
Tsonevo Reservoir, in the eastern part of the
Varbitsa Balkan Mountains
The Balkan mountain range (, , known locally also as Stara planina) is a mountain range in the eastern part of the Balkan Peninsula in Southeastern Europe. The range is conventionally taken to begin at the peak of Vrashka Chuka on the border bet ...
. The town's name comes from the phrase "long field" in Bulgarian, which is a popular placename around the world, equivalent to
Langenfeld,
Longfield
Longfield is a village in the Borough of Dartford, Kent, England. It is located 6 miles south east of Dartford and the same distance south-west of Gravesend.
History
The place in Kent is recorded as ''Langanfelda'' in the Saxon Charters of 964 ...
,
Câmpulung
Câmpulung (also spelled ''Cîmpulung'', , german: Langenau, Old Romanian ''Dlăgopole'', ''Длъгополе'' (from Middle Bulgarian)), or ''Câmpulung Muscel'', is a municipality in the Argeș County, Muntenia, Romania. It is situated amon ...
,
Dugopolje
Dugopolje is a municipality in Croatia in the Split-Dalmatia County.
The name ''Dugopolje'' literally translates as 'long field'. The town has a population of over 3469, 99.5% which are Croats. Noted in Dugopolje is Vranjača cave. Dugopolje ...
, etc.
Municipality
Dalgopol municipality has an area of 442 square kilometres and includes the following 16 places:
Honour
Dalgopol Glacier on
Smith Island,
South Shetland Islands
The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands with a total area of . They lie about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, and between southwest of the nearest point of the South Orkney Islands. By the Antarctic Treaty of 1 ...
is named after Dalgopol.
References
External links
Dalgopol municipality website
Towns in Bulgaria
Populated places in Varna Province
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