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Blato (river)
The Blato () is a 30 km-long river in western Bulgaria, a left tributary of the river Iskar (river), Iskar. The river takes its source from a karst spring at an altitude of 554 m, situated some 1.2 km west of the villages of Opitsvet and Bezden. It flows through the Sofia Valley, initially in direction southeast, and downstream of the village of Mramor, Sofia City Province, Mramor it turns east. The river flows into the Iskar at an altitude of 509 m about 1.1 km east of the Kumaritsa neighbourhood of the town of Novi Iskar. Its drainage basin covers a territory of 774 km2 or 9.0% of Iskar's total and drains the whole western portion of the Sofia Valley. The Blato has high water in March–June and low water in July–October. The average annual discharge at the village of Petarch is 0.98 m3/s. The river flows in Sofia Province, Sofia and Sofia City Provinces. There are three towns/cities and four villages along its cource. In Sofia Province are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sofia Valley
The Sofia Valley (), or Sofia Field (), is situated in central western Bulgaria. It is the second of the succession of the eleven Sub-Balkan valleys in direction west–east and is the largest of them in area and population. It is named after the city of Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. Strategically situated on major crossroads in the center of the Balkans, Balkan Peninsula, the valley is an important national and international economic, transportation and cultural hub. Geography The valley is enclosed between the Mount Chepan, Chepan, Mala Planina, Sofia Mountain and Murgash divisions of the Balkan Mountains to the north–northeast, the mountain ranges of Viskyar Mountain, Viskyar, Lyulin Mountain, Lyulin and Vitosha to the southwest, the Lozen Mountain division of the Sredna Gora mountain range to the south and the Vakarel Mountain and Belitsa Ridge of Sredna Gora to the southeast. To the west the watershed between the rivers Gaberska River, Gaberska and Slivnishka, as we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sofia City Province
Sofia City Province () is a province (''oblast'') of Bulgaria. Its administrative center is the city of Sofia, the capital of the country. The province borders on Sofia Province and Pernik Province. It consists of only one municipalities of Bulgaria, municipality – the Sofia Capital Municipality. Cities and towns Bankya, Novi Iskar, Sofia Villages Balsha, Bistritsa, Sofia, Bistritsa, Buhovo, Busmantsi, Chepintsi, Dobroslavtsi, Dolni Bogrov, Dolni Pasarel, German, Bulgaria, German, Gorni Bogrov, Ivanyane, Zheleznitsa, Jelyava, Jiten, Kazichene, Klisura, Kokalyane, Krivina, Sofia, Krivina, Kubratovo, Katina, Lokorsko, Lozen, Sofia Province, Lozen, Malo Buchino, Marchaevo, Mirovyane, Mramor, Negovan, Bulgaria, Negovan, Pancharevo, Plana, Bulgaria, Plana, Podgumer, Svetovrachene, Vladaya, Voluyak, Voynegovtsi, Yana, etc. Demographics Population (2011 census): 1,291,591 Ethnic groups (2011): Identified themselves: 1,178,131 * Bulgarians: 1,136,433 (96.4%) * Romani people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivers Of Bulgaria
This is a list of rivers in Bulgaria, organised geographically, taken clockwise from the westernmost tributaries of the Danube drainage. Tributaries are listed down the page in an downstream direction, i.e. the first tributary listed is closest to the source, and tributaries of tributaries are treated similarly. The main stem (or principal) river of a catchment is labelled as (MS), right-bank tributaries are indicated by (R), left-bank tributaries by (L). Note that in general usage, the 'right or left bank of a river' refers to the right or left hand bank, as seen when looking downstream. The list encompasses most of the main rivers of Bulgaria. It includes rivers shared with other countries. There is also a list of rivers over 50 km. The Bulgarian word for river, ''река'' (transliteration ''reka'') is often a part of the river names in the country. Overview There are 540 rivers in Bulgaria. The longest river in Bulgaria is the Danube (2,888 km), which spans most of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sofia
Sofia is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain, in the western part of the country. The city is built west of the Iskar (river), Iskar river and has many mineral springs, such as the Sofia Central Mineral Baths. It has a humid continental climate. Known as Serdica in Classical antiquity, antiquity, Sofia has been an area of human habitation since at least 7000 BC. The recorded history of the city begins with the attestation of the conquest of Serdica by the Roman Republic in 29 BC from the Celtic settlement of Southeast Europe, Celtic tribe Serdi. During the decline of the Roman Empire, the city was raided by Huns, Visigoths, Pannonian Avars, Avars, and Slavs. In 809, Serdica was incorporated into the First Bulgarian Empire by Khan (title), Khan Krum and became known as Sredets. In 1018, the Byzantine Empire, Byzantines ended Bulgarian rule until 1194, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nadezhda, Sofia
Nadezhda ( , ) is a district located it the north-western parts of Sofia with an area of 19.300 sq. km. As of 2011 it has 67,905 inhabitants. It includes nine neighbourhoods: "Nadezhda" I, II, III and IV; "Tolstoy"; "Svoboda"; "Triagalnika"; "Iliyantsi" and "Trebich". In 1906 there were only a few houses in the area where the road from Sofia to Lom passed through the fertile fields. Nadezhda received a neighbourhood status in 1924 and from September 1934 it became a centre of a municipality which included several villages. It derived its name from Tsar Boris III Boris III (; 28 August 1943), originally Boris Klemens Robert Maria Pius Ludwig Stanislaus Xaver (Boris Clement Robert Mary Pius Louis Stanislaus Xavier), was the Tsar of the Kingdom of Bulgaria from 1918 until his death in 1943. The eldest son ...'s youngest sister, Nadezhda. There are many manufacturing plants. The main industrial activities are machinery, electronics, chemical, pharmaceutical ( Sopharma plant), fu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vrabnitsa, Sofia
Vrabnitsa ( ) is a district of Sofia Sofia is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain, in the western part of the country. The city is built west of the Is ..., located in the western part of the Sofia municipality. It has a population of 47,417. It consists of the following neighbourhoods – Moderno Predgradie (meaning Modern Suburb) (Модерно Предградие), Vrabnitsa (Връбница) & Obelya (Обеля). References Districts of Sofia {{Bulgaria-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kostinbrod Municipality
Kostinbrod ( ) is a town in western Bulgaria. It is the seat of Kostinbrod Municipality. It is located 15 km west of the capital city of Sofia. It is located on two important transport corridors: Lom — Sofia — Thessaloniki and Sofia — Belgrade. The international railway line to Western Europe passes through the municipality, with a train stop at Kostinbrod Station. The town is crossed by two rivers, the Blato in the north and the Belitsa in the south, both tributaries of the Iskar River. According to the legends, the town was founded by a certain Kosta, who settled near the crossing (брод, ''brod'') of the Belitsa, thus giving the name to the town (''Kostinbrod'' means "Kosta's ford"). There he opened a pub that became popular among the merchants arriving in the capital, some of them settling and organizing a village, whose centre of the time is now located west of the road between Sofia and Lom. Historically, an early reference to the locality (as КостаЪ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kostinbrod
Kostinbrod ( ) is a town in western Bulgaria. It is the seat of Kostinbrod Municipality. It is located 15 km west of the capital city of Sofia. It is located on two important transport corridors: Lom — Sofia — Thessaloniki and Sofia — Belgrade. The international railway line to Western Europe passes through the municipality, with a train stop at Kostinbrod Station. The town is crossed by two rivers, the Blato in the north and the Belitsa in the south, both tributaries of the Iskar River. According to the legends, the town was founded by a certain Kosta, who settled near the crossing (брод, ''brod'') of the Belitsa, thus giving the name to the town (''Kostinbrod'' means "Kosta's ford"). There he opened a pub that became popular among the merchants arriving in the capital, some of them settling and organizing a village, whose centre of the time is now located west of the road between Sofia and Lom. Historically, an early reference to the locality (as КостаЪ � ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sofia Province
Sofia Province () is a province (''oblast'') of Bulgaria. The province does not include Sofia in its territories, but Sofia remains the seat of its administration. The province borders on the provinces of Pernik, Kyustendil, Blagoevgrad, Pazardzhik, Plovdiv, Lovech, Vratsa, Montana, and "Sofia City Province" (which is in a separate ''oblast'', see Sofia Administration), and borders with Serbia to the northwest. History Prehistory and antiquity Archaeological excavations near Chavdar suggest that the region has been settled by humans as early as 7,000 years ago. The earliest evidence of a mass settlement dates back to Thracian times, including ''tumuli'' (burial mounds) which remain poorly studied. According to Thucydides, the areas north of Vitosha were inhabited by the Tilataei and the Treri. The Triballi were also known to have inhabited the region around Serdica. The Serdi, a Celtic tribe that appeared in place of the vanished Treri and Tilataei, were first mentio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iskar (river)
The Iskar (, ; ) is a right tributary of the Danube. With a length of 368 km, it is the longest river that runs entirely within Bulgaria.Statistical Yearbook 2017 National Statistical Institute (Bulgaria), p. 17 Originating as three forks in Balkan's highest mountain range Rila, the Iskar flows in a northern direction until its confluence with the Danube. As it flows northwards it fuels the largest artificial lake in the country, the Iskar Reservoir, forms the divide between the Vitosha and Plana Mountains in the west and the Sredna Gora mountain range in the east before entering the Sofia Valley, which contains the nation's capital Sofia. From there the Iskar runs through the Balkan Mountains, forming the spectacular 84 km long Iskar Gorge. As it crosses the mountains, its water course turns ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petarch
Petarch ( ) is a village in Kostinbrod Municipality, Sofia Province, located in western Bulgaria approximately 5 km south-west of the town of Kostinbrod. In the centre there is a monument, several pubs and a computer club. There exists an Orthodox church and a school. There are several buses to Kostinbrod, Slivnitsa and Sofia. Petarch was first mentioned as ''Bedriç'' in an Ottoman record of 1448, later as ''Bedric'' in 1520, ''Petreiç'' in 1574, ''Petriç'' in 1728, ''Petriçe'' in 1519, 1574 and 1649. In the 17th-century Boyana Screed, it was listed as ПЄТРЪЧЪ. The official name was ''Petrich'' until 1934, when it was renamed to the current form. The toponym is derived from the personal name Peter Peter may refer to: People * List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Peter (given name) ** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church * Peter (surname), a su ... (Bulgarian ''Petar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
