Ugarchin ( ) is a town located along the Kamenitsa river in the
Lovech Province
Lovech Province (, former name Okrug, 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 2009, the population of the area was151,153. in central northern Bulgaria. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous
Ugarchin Municipality
Ugarchin Municipality () is a municipality ('' obshtina'') in Lovech Province, Central-North Bulgaria, located from the area of the so-called Fore-Balkan to the Danubian Plain. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Ugarchin.
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. The town is about 30 kilometers away in the west from the main centre of the province (
Lovech
Lovech (, ) is a city in north-central Bulgaria. It is the administrative centre of the Lovech Province and of the subordinate Lovech Municipality. The city is located about northeast from the capital city of Sofia. Near Lovech are the towns of ...
). As of December 2009, it had a population of 2,832 inhabitants
[Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009]
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Ugarchin is situated in the northern part of the Balkan Mountains
The Balkan mountain range is located in the eastern part of the Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It is conventionally taken to begin at the peak of Vrashka Chuka on the border between Bulgaria and Serbia. It then runs f ...
at the foot the high peaks and down the river Kamenitsa and its minor tributaries: Lepetora, Sveta, Greshki Dol and others. It is situated in a basin rounded with small hills: Ivan Dyal hill to the south; Visokata Mogila (Chukara) to the east; to the north are Beli Kamak, Sredno Bardo and Zabiti Kamak hills; and to the west are Goli Rat and Chukata.
The Ugarchin town holiday takes place every year on 22 March and the traditional Autumn Fair is every 22 September. The President of Bulgaria Georgi Parvanov
Georgi Sedefchov Parvanov (, ) (born 28 June 1957) is a Bulgarian historian and politician who was President of Bulgaria from 2002 to 2012. He was elected after defeating incumbent Petar Stoyanov in the second round of the November 2001 pres ...
visited the town of Ugarchin on 22 March 2006 for the annual football tournament.
Other places in Ugarchin municipality include Dragana, Golets, Kalenik, Katunets Katunets () is a Bulgarian village in the Municipality of Ugarchin, northern Bulgaria. The village is situated near the towns of Lovech and Pleven. The 43,5 km long Katuneshka river flows through the village.
History
The first document mentio ...
, Kirchevo, Kirkova mahala, Lesidren, Mikre, Orlyane, Slavshitsa, Sopot, and Vasilkovska mahala.
Honour
Ugarchin Point
Ugarchin Point (, ‘Nos Ugarchin’ \'nos u-g&r-'chin\) is a point on the northeast coast of Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica projecting 300 m into Nelson Strait. Named after the town of Ugarchin in northern Bulgaria.
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on Robert Island
Robert Island or Mitchells Island or Polotsk Island or Roberts Island is an island
An island or isle is a piece of land, distinct from a continent, completely surrounded by water. There are continental islands, which were formed by being ...
, South Shetland Islands
The South Shetland Islands are a group of List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands, Antarctic islands located in the Drake Passage with a total area of . They lie about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, and between southwest of the n ...
is named after Ugarchin.
References
External links
Ugarchin at Sitekreator.com
Ugarchin article and pictures at Guide-Bulgaria.com
Populated places in Lovech Province
Towns in Bulgaria
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