Aheloy ( ) is a town and seaside resort in

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Burgas Province Burgas (, formerly the Burgas okrug) is a province in southeastern Bulgaria on the southern Bulgarian Black Sea Coast. The province is named after its administrative and industrial centre, the city of Burgas, the fourth biggest town in the countr ...

. it had 2,175 inhabitants. It is situated in eastern

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, on the Black Sea Coast between the major port of

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to the south and the bustling tourist centres

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, Slanchev Bryag, and

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to the north. One of the bloodiest

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in the

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took place near the town in 917 when the Bulgarian Emperor Simeon I delivered a devastating blow to the

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army. More than 90,000 men perished in the battle, 70,000 of whom were Byzantines. In the decades following the Battle of Anchialus the Bulgarian Empire entered a period of upheaval and relished a territorial extent, covering most of the Balkan peninsula. The river Aheloy flows into the

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south of the town. Aheloy was officially proclaimed a town in 2009 with a decision by the

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. Aheloy Nunatak in

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is named after the town.

References

External links

Aheloy – Article on excitingbulgaria.com
Populated places in Burgas Province Seaside resorts in Bulgaria Towns in Bulgaria Populated coastal places in Bulgaria {{Burgas-geo-stub