Yablanitsa (; also ''Jablanica'', ''Iablanica'', ''Yablanica'', ''Jablanitsa'', ''Iablanitsa'', ''Jablanitza'', ''Yablanitza'', ''Iablanitza'', ) is a small town in the westernmost part of

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.

, central-north

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, located in the area of the Pre-Balkan, north of the

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mountain. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous

Yablanitsa Municipality Yablanitsa Municipality () is a small Municipalities of Bulgaria, 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 its admi ...

. The town is situated 70 kilometres from the capital

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, near the

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linking Sofia and

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. It was proclaimed a town in 1968. As of December 2011, Yablanitsa had a population of 2,854.Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2011
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production centre, particularly well known for the local

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and ''lokum'' (

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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

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mountains.

Legacy

The Yablanitsa Glacier on Smith Island,

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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

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{{Lovech Province Towns in Bulgaria Populated places in Lovech Province