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Lesichovo Municipality
Lesichovo Municipality ( bg, Община Лесичово) is a municipality in the Pazardzhik Province of Bulgaria. Demography At the 2011 census, the population of Lesichovo was 5,408. Most of the inhabitants (75.53%%) were Bulgarians, and there were significant minorities of Gypsies/Romani (14.95%) and Turks (2.4%). 6.8% of the population's ethnicity was unknown. Villages * Borimechkovo * Dinkata * Kalugerovo * Lesichovo Lesichovo ( bg, Лесичово) is a village in the Pazardzhik Province, Bulgaria. As of 2005 it has 982 inhabitants. The village is a centre of the Lesichovo Municipality. It hosts an annual Kukeri Kukeri ( bg, кукери; singular: kuker ... (Capital) * Pamidovo * Starkovo * Tserovo References {{Pazardzhik Province Municipalities in Pazardzhik Province ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lesichovo
Lesichovo ( bg, Лесичово) is a village in the Pazardzhik Province, Bulgaria. As of 2005 it has 982 inhabitants. The village is a centre of the Lesichovo Municipality. It hosts an annual Kukeri Kukeri ( bg, кукери; singular: kuker, кукер) are elaborately costumed Bulgarian men, who perform traditional rituals intended to scare away evil spirits. This Bulgarian tradition has been practiced since Thracian times and is of a Thr ... festival. Villages in Pazardzhik Province {{Pazardzhik-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Provinces Of Bulgaria
The provinces of Bulgaria ( bg, области на България, oblasti na Bǎlgarija) are the first-level administrative subdivisions of the country. Since 1999, Bulgaria has been divided into 28 provinces ( bg, области, links=no – ''oblasti;'' singular: – ''oblast''; also translated as "regions") which correspond approximately to the 28 districts (in bg, links=no, окръг – ''okrug, okrǎg'', plural: – ''okrǎzi''), that existed before 1987. The provinces are further subdivided into 265 municipalities (singular: – ''obshtina'', plural: – ''obshtini''). Sofia – the capital city of Bulgaria and the largest settlement in the country – is the administrative centre of both Sofia Province and Sofia City Province (Sofia-Grad (toponymy), grad). The capital is included (together with three other cities plus 34 villages) in Sofia Capital Municipality (over 90% of whose population lives in Sofia), which is the sole municipality comprising Sofia City ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 that is divided into 12 municipalities with a total population of 275,548 inhabitants, as of February 2011. History The territory of the Pazardzhik Province has been inhabited since very early times. There are more than 50 discovered Stone Age and Bronze Age settlements. The earliest civilization to inhabit the region were the Thracians. The remains of the Thracian town Besapara are located in the hills near the provincial capital Pazardzhik. The Panagyurishte Treasure unearthed near the northern town of the same name is known as one of the finest examples of Thracian art. The 6.164 kg of 23-karat gold treasure which consists of nine vessels has been dated back to the 4th and 3rd century BC. In the 1st century BC the region became a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bulgaria
Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, and the Black Sea to the east. Bulgaria covers a territory of , and is the sixteenth-largest country in Europe. Sofia is the nation's capital and largest city; other major cities are Plovdiv, Varna and Burgas. One of the earliest societies in the lands of modern-day Bulgaria was the Neolithic Karanovo culture, which dates back to 6,500 BC. In the 6th to 3rd century BC the region was a battleground for ancient Thracians, Persians, Celts and Macedonians; stability came when the Roman Empire conquered the region in AD 45. After the Roman state splintered, tribal invasions in the region resumed. Around the 6th century, these territories were settled by the early Slavs. The Bulgars, led by Asp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalugerovo, Pazardzhik Province
Kalugerovo is a large Bulgarian village in Pazardzhik Province. It is located next to Trakya highway, which provides a connection with the two largest Bulgarian cities Plovdiv (55 kilometers) and Sofia (85 kilometers). Kalugerovo is located in the Upper Thracian Plain, which is an advanced agricultural region. The village is situated on both sides of the gold-bearing Topolnitsa River, in the foothills of the southern slopes of the Sredna gora mountain. The climate is transitional, with mild winters and sunny summers. The average annual temperature is 11,3 °C. The climate in the area is favorable of wine production. Famous local wine, as well as Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Muscatel and Pamid are grown. History Kalugerovo is known for its abundance of ancient Thracian and Roman sites, with finds dating as far back as the 5th-3rd millennia BC. In different historical periods, from there have gone, or have lived many tribes and civilizations. Time has destroyed the greater ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
