Yablanitsa ( bg, Ябланица; also ''Jablanica'', ''Iablanica'', ''Yablanica'', ''Jablanitsa'', ''Iablanitsa'', ''Jablanitza'', ''Yablanitza'', ''Iablanitza'', ) is a small town in the westernmost part of
Lovech Province
Lovech Province ( bg, Област Ловеч, translit=Oblast Lovech, former name Lovech okrug) is one of the 28 provinces of Bulgaria, lying at the northern centre of the country. It is named after its main city - Lovech. As of December 200 ...
, central-north
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 ...
, located in the area of the
Pre-Balkan, north of the
Stara Planina mountain. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous
Yablanitsa Municipality
Yablanitsa Municipality ( bg, Община Ябланица) is a small municipality ('' obshtina'') in Lovech Province, Central-North Bulgaria, located in the area of the so-called Fore-Balkan, north of Stara Planina mountain. It is named after ...
. The town is situated 70 kilometres from the capital
Sofia
Sofia ( ; bg, София, Sofiya, ) is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain in the western parts of the country. The city is built west of the Iskar river, and h ...
, near the
Hemus motorway
The Hemus motorway (, ) or Haemus motorway, designated A2, is a partially built motorway in Bulgaria. Its planned length is 418 km, of which 191 km are in operation . The motorway in operation is divided into two sections — the first ...
linking Sofia and
Varna. It was proclaimed a town in 1968. As of December 2011, Yablanitsa has a population of 2,854 inhabitants.
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The town is a noted confectionery production centre, particularly well known for the local halva and ''lokum'' (Turkish delight
Turkish delight or lokum ( ota, لوقوم) is a family of confections based on a gel of starch and sugar. Premium varieties consist largely of chopped dates, pistachios, hazelnuts or walnuts bound by the gel; traditional varieties are often fl ...
).
Municipality
Yablanitsa is the administrative center of Yablanitsa municipality (part of Lovech Province), which includes the following nine localities: Batultsi, Brestnitsa, Dabravata, Dobrevtsi, Golyama Brestnitsa, Malak Izvor, Oreshene, ''Yablanitsa'', and Zlatna Panega.
Districts
There are several neighborhoods in Yablanitsa — the bigger ones are the former villages of Shumnene and Devette dola (literally ''The nine valleys''), and there are also smaller and more distant ones like Prelog, Nanovitsa, Lipovo, Gerana, etc. Shumnene is located in the area called Dragoitsa, below the popular rock formation Venetsa (''The wreath''). The area offers a view to the rock and a panorama of the Balkan mountains.
Legacy
The Yablanitsa 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 Yablanitsa.
Gallery
File:Yablanitsa-village-school.jpg, The obsolete school in Yablanitsa
File:Yablanica-Bulgaria.jpg, Central Yablanitsa
References
External links
Yablanitsa municipality website
Country&Golf in the area
{{Lovech Province
Towns in Bulgaria
Populated places in Lovech Province