Popovo, Bulgaria

For other places with the same name, see Popovo (disambiguation).
Popovo, Bulgaria

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Popovo, Bulgaria

Location of Popovo

Coordinates: 43°21′N 26°14′E / 43.350°N 26.233°E / 43.350; 26.233Coordinates: 43°21′N 26°14′E / 43.350°N 26.233°E / 43.350; 26.233
Country Bulgaria
Province
(Oblast)		 Targovishte
Government
 • Mayor Lyudmil Veselinov
Elevation 210 m (690 ft)
Population (31.12.2009)[1]
 • City 15,548
 • Urban 30,896
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Postal Code 7800
Area code(s) 0608

Popovo (Bulgarian: Попово, from поп, pop, meaning "priest", and the placename suffix -ovo, literally "the priest's village") is a town in northeastern Bulgaria, part of Targovishte Province. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Popovo Municipality. In December 2009, it had a population of 15,548 and an absolute Bulgarian majority.[1]

The town was first mentioned in an Ottoman tax register of 1555.

Popovo Saddle in Imeon Range on Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica is named after Popovo.[2]

Geography

The city's center.

The town is built along the length of the Popovska river (also called Popovski Lom or Kalakoch Dere) on top of two hills opposite from one another and in the valley as well. Not long ago, before the corrections to the Sofia-Varna railway line were completed, the tracks ran by the suburbs of the city. The land of the villages Gagovo, Zaraevo, Kardam, Medovina, and Palamartsa.[3]

Twin cities

References

  1. 1 2 (English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009
  2. ↑ Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica: Popovo Saddle.
  3. ↑ Димитрова-Тодорова, Л. 2006: 141. Retrieved August 27, 2015.
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