Dolni Dabnik ( bg, Долни Дъбник ) is a town in
Pleven Province
Pleven Province ( bg, Област Плевен or Плевенска Област) is a province located in central northern Bulgaria, bordering the Danube river, Romania and the Bulgarian provinces of Vratsa, Veliko Tarnovo and Lovech. It i ...
in the
Danubian Plain of central northern
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 ...
. It is the administrative centre of
Dolni Dabnik municipality and lies to the west of the city of
Pleven
Pleven ( bg, Плèвен ) is the seventh most populous city in Bulgaria. Located in the northern part of the country, it is the administrative centre of Pleven Province, as well as of the subordinate Pleven municipality. It is the biggest ...
. As of December 2009, the town has a population of 4,761 inhabitants.
[Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - towns in 2009]
Dolni Dabnik was first mentioned in 1430 and is known for its
oil field
A petroleum reservoir or oil and gas reservoir is a subsurface accumulation of hydrocarbons contained in porous or fractured rock formations.
Such reservoirs form when kerogen (ancient plant matter) is created in surrounding rock by the presen ...
s, some of the few in Bulgaria. Besides oil extraction, the locals are mainly occupied in agriculture.
Notable natives include
Bulgaria international footballer
Ivaylo Petkov (b. 1975), artist
Ilia Beshkov (1901–1958) and politician
Ventsislav Varbanov (b. 1962).
The name "Dolni Dabnik" literally means "lower
oak place", in contrast to the neighbouring village of
Gorni Dabnik ("higher oak place").
Honour
Dabnik Peak on
Graham Land
Graham Land is the portion of the Antarctic Peninsula that lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This description of Graham Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee an ...
in
Antarctica
Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest cont ...
is named after Dolni Dabnik.
References
External links
Dolni Dabnik municipality at Domino.bg
Dolni Dabnik Professional High School of Agriculture website
Towns in Bulgaria
Populated places in Pleven Province
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