Plovdiv
Plovdiv (Bulgarie: Пловдив) is the seicont-lairgest ceety in Bulgarie wi a population o 381,738.[2] Plovdiv's history spans some 6,000 years, wi traces o a Neolithic dounset datin tae roughly 4000 BC.[3] It is the admeenistrative centre o Plovdiv Province in soothren Bulgarie an three municipalities (Plovdiv, Maritsa an Rodopi) an Bulgarie's Yuzhen tsentralen plannin region (NUTS II), as well as the lairgest an maist important ceety in Northren Thrace an the braider internaitional historical region o Thrace. The ceety is an important economic, transport, cultural an eddicational centre.[4]
Plovdiv Пловдив (Bulgarie) | |
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 The ancient Roman theatre in Plovdiv | |
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| Eik-name(s): The ceety o the seiven hills Градът на седемте хълма (Bulgarie) Gradat na sedemte halma (transliteration) | |
| Motto(s): | |
  Plovdiv Location o Plovdiv in Bulgarie | |
| Coordinates: 42°9′N 24°45′E / 42.150°N 24.750°ECoordinates: 42°9′N 24°45′E / 42.150°N 24.750°E | |
| Kintra |  Bulgarie |
| Province | Plovdiv |
| Municipalities | Plovdiv-ceety |
| Established | 4000 BC |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Ivan Totev (GERB) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 101.98 km2 (39.37 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 164 m (538 ft) |
| Population (2013 census[1]) | |
| • Density | 3316/km2 (8,590/sq mi) |
| • Ceety | 341041 |
| • Municipal body | 403153 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 4000 |
| Area code(s) | (+359) 032 |
| Website | www.plovdiv.bg |
Kent in the Wast for maist o its history bi the Greek name Philippopolis, it wis oreeginally a Thracian dounset afore becomin a major Roman ceety. In the Middle Ages, it retained its strategic regional importance, chyngin haunds atween the Byzantine an Bulgarian Empires. It came unner Ottoman rule in the 14t century. In 1878, Plovdiv wis made the caipital o the autonomous Ottoman region o Eastren Rumelie; in 1885, it became pairt o Bulgarie wi the unification o that region an the Principality o Bulgarie.
Plovdiv is situatit in the soothren pairt o the Plovdiv Plain on the twa banks o the Maritsa River. The ceety haes historically developed on seiven syenite hills, some o whilk are 250 m (820.21 ft) heich. Acause o thir seiven hills, Plovdiv is aften referred tae in Bulgarie as "the Ceety o the Seiven Hills".
Plovdiv is host tae economic an cultural events sicna the International Fair Plovdiv, the internaitional theatrical festival "A stage on a crossroad", the TV festival "The golden chest". Thare are mony remains preserved frae Antiquity sicna the Auncient amphitheatre, Roman odeon, Roman Stadium, the airchaeological complex Eirene an ithers.
Name
eeditPlovdiv wis gien various names throughoot its lang history. It wis oreeginally a Thracian dounset bi the name o Eumolpias. Philip II o Macedon conquered the aurie in 342-341 BC an renamed the ceety Philippoupolis (Greek: Φιλιππούπολις), o whilk the later Thracian name for the ceety, Pulpudeva, is a translation. Efter the Romans teuk control o the aurie, the ceety wis named Laitin: Trimontium, meanin the Three Hills. Durin the Middle Ages the ceety wis kent as Philippoupolis in Byzantine Greek an Paldin (Пълдин) or Plavdiv (Плъвдив) in Auld Bulgarie, variations o the toun's earlier Thracian name. The ceety wis kent as Philippopolis in Wastren Europe well intae the early 20t century. The ceety wis kent as Filibe in Turkis durin the Ottoman Empire.
The asteroid (minor planet) 3860 Plovdiv is named efter the ceety. It wis discovered bi the Bulgarian astronomer Violeta G. Ivanova on 8 August 1986. Plovdiv Peak (1,040 m/3,412 ft) on Livingston Island in the Sooth Shetland Islands, Antarctica is an aa named efter Plovdiv.
Internaitional relations
eeditTwin touns – Sister ceeties
eeditPlovdiv is twinned wi the follaein ceeties:[5][6]
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References
eedit- ↑ "Население към 31.12.2012 година в област Пловдив". Nsi.bg. Archived frae the original on 13 November 2012. Retrieved 3 Julie 2011.
- ↑ "General Directorate of Citizens' Registration and Administrative Services: Population Chart by permanent and temporary address (for provinces and municipalities) as of 15 September 2010, (Bulgarie). Retrieved on 17 September 2010". Retrieved 7 Januar 2011.
- ↑ Rodwell, Dennis (2007). Conservation and Sustainability in Historic cities. Blackwell Publishing. p. 19. ISBN 1405126566.
- ↑ Evgeni Dinchev ...; et al. (2002). Пътеводител България (in Bulgarie). Sofia: ТАНГРА ТанНакРа ИК. p. 138. ISBN 954-9942-32-5. Explicit use of et al. in:
|author=(help)CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link) - ↑ Plovdiv Sister cities
- ↑ Plovdiv Twinning Archived 2016-04-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Partnership towns of the City of Košice" (in Slovak). 2007-2009 City of Košice Magistrát mesta Košice, Tr. SNP 48/A, 040 11 Košice. Archived frae the original on 17 August 2009. Retrieved 12 Julie 2009. freemit airtin in
|publisher=(help) - ↑ "Twinning Cities". City of Thessaloniki. Archived frae the original on 31 Mairch 2009. Retrieved 7 Julie 2009.
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