Septemvri ( bg, Септември, , ) is a town in
Pazardzhik Province
Pazardzhik Province ( bg, Област Пазарджик ''Oblast Pazardzhik'', former name Pazardzhik okrug) is a province in Southern Bulgaria, named after its administrative and industrial centre - the city of Pazardzhik. The territory is ...
, Southern
Bulgaria
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, located at the western end of the
Upper Thracian Lowland
The Upper Thracian Plain ( bg, Горнотракийска низина, ''Gornotrakiyska nizina'') constitutes the northern part of the historical region of Thrace. It is located in southern Bulgaria, between Sredna Gora mountains to the north ...
, away to the west from the city of
Pazardzhik
Pazardzhik ( bg, Пазарджик ) is a city situated along the banks of the Maritsa river, southern Bulgaria. It is the capital of Pazardzhik Province and centre for the homonymous Pazardzhik Municipality.
The Tatars founded Pazardzhik in ...
. It is the administrative centre of homonymous
Septemvri Municipality. As of December 2009, the town has a population of 8,422 inhabitants.
[Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - towns in 2009]
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History
Four Thracian
The Thracians (; grc, Θρᾷκες ''Thrāikes''; la, Thraci) were an Indo-European speaking people who inhabited large parts of Eastern and Southeastern Europe in ancient history.. "The Thracians were an Indo-European people who occupied ...
mounds and traces of two ancient cities - Greek
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Pistiros
Pistiros (Ancient Greek, ''Πίστιρος'') was an inland Ancient Greek emporion, or trade center, in Ancient Thrace. It is located near the modern city of Vetren, in the westernmost part of the Maritsa River valley.
The identification of the ...
and a Roman town that lies on ''Trayan's Drum'' were discovered near the town. It has succeeded as an old Bulgarian settlement, which was destroyed in the late 14th century during the Ottoman onslaught. The town was rebuilt at the end of the 15th century under the Turkish name of ''Sara Khan bey'', and carried this name until 1949.
Septemvri developed into a typical railway town
A railway town, or railroad town, is a settlement that originated or was greatly developed because of a railway station or junction at its site.
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During the construction of the First transcontinental railroad in the 1860s, tempora ...
following the construction of the Haskovo– Belovo railway line in 1873. The scenic Septemvri-Dobrinishte narrow gauge line to the Rhodopi mountain town of Dobrinishte over Bansko
Bansko ( bg, Банско ) is a town in southwestern Bulgaria, located at the foot of the Pirin Mountains at an elevation of 1200m above sea level. It is a ski resort.
Legends
There are several legends about who founded Bansko. According to on ...
was constructed in 1945. In 1949 the Bulgarian Communist Party
The Bulgarian Communist Party (BCP; bg, Българска Комунистическа Партия (БКП), Balgarska komunisticheska partiya (BKP)) was the founding and ruling party of the People's Republic of Bulgaria from 1946 until 198 ...
renamed the town Septemvri, the new name literally meaning "September", in honour of the September Uprising of 1923.[Указ 949 на Президиум на Народното събрание от 03.12.1949 г. ''(Обн., ДВ, бр. 285 от 08.12.1949 г.)']
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References
Towns in Bulgaria
Populated places in Pazardzhik Province
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