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List Of Romani Settlements
This is an incomplete list of settlements with significant (plurality or majority) ethnic Romani people, Roma population. Europe Central and Eastern Europe Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria There are many Roma neighborhoods in Bulgarian cities, such as Plovdiv. Czech Republic Hungary Kosovo North Macedonia Moldova Montenegro Romania Russia Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Southern Europe Spain Portugal Italy Greece Turkey European and Asian part Turkey See also * Romani people by country * Romani people in Eastern Europe * Romanistan References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stolipinovo World Wind 20100820
Stolipinovo ( bg, Столипиново) is a district of the Bulgarian city of Plovdiv and the most populous predominantly Romani-inhabited district on the Balkans with a population of about 40,000 people. It is a ghetto located on the outskirts of the city, in its northeastern part on the right bank of the Maritsa. Stolipinovo differs from other Roma communities in Bulgaria as only 5,000 inhabitants identify themselves as Christian and Romani-speaking Roma ("Dassikane Roma"), whereas the Muslim and Turkish-speaking majority claims to be of Turkish origin ("Xoraxane Roma"). Stolipinovo was one of the sites of the 2019 Plovdiv European Capital of Culture program, in which German artists and architects Martin Kaltwasser and Maik Ronz created a concept for building a sustainable, temporary canopy and seating at the Maritsa river bank adjacent to Stolipinovo in cooperation with volunteers and participants from the local Roma community, encouraging to connect the neighbourhood wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nova Zagora
Nova Zagora ( bg, Нова Загора ) is a town located in the southeastern plains of Bulgaria in Sliven Province. It is the administrative centre of Nova Zagora Municipality. As of December 2009, the town had a population of 19,562 inhabitants, while the entire municipality (including surrounding villages) had a population of 34,041. Geography Nova Zagora is located on the main Sofia-Plovdiv-Burgas railroad, as well as the Trakia Highway that runs from Sofia to Burgas. It is 35 km east of Stara Zagora and 30 km west of Sliven. ThNova Zagora Municipalityis part of the Sliven administrative district. Climate The climate is mild, with an average winter temperature of 1.2 °C and an average temperature in August of 23.5 °C. Demography Nova Zagora has Roma and Turkish minorities. History The first traces of life in the region date back thousands of years. Many archeological sites are located in the region, showing settlements dating back to the Stone Age an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dolni Tsibar
Dolni Tsibar is a village in Valchedram Municipality, Montana Province, northwestern Bulgaria. Accessed Nov 15, 2014 Most people are Romani and belong to the . The village Dolni Tsibar is one of the few places with a constant population increase over the years, mainly due to its high . Dolni Tsibar has a |
Shumen Province
Shumen Province ( bg, Област Шумен, transliterated ''Oblast Shumen'', former name Shumen okrug) is a province in northeastern Bulgaria named after its main city Shumen. It is divided into 10 municipalities with a total population, as of December 2009, of 194,090 inhabitants. The Main City The city of Shumen is famous in the region for the Monument to 1300 Years of Bulgaria. The monument is in the cubist style and is 1300 steps (each step representing a year) above the center of the town. Other places of note are the Shumen fortress, Tombul Mosque, and Shumen Plato National park. The center of the town has a historical museum, large library, and large theater. The municipality building, also in the center, has a concert hall that features regular symphony performances. Shumen is also the location of the Shumensko Brewery, a popular beer in Bulgaria. The area surrounding Shumen plays a significant part in Bulgarian History with the first and second capitols of h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Varbitsa Municipality
Varbitsa Municipality ( bg, Община Върбица) is a municipality ('' obshtina'') in Shumen Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located in the vicinity of the northern slopes of the Eastern Stara planina mountain to the area of the so-called Fore-Balkan. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Varbitsa. The municipality embraces a territory of 419.36 km² with a population of 10,492 inhabitants, as of December 2009. The area contains the Ticha Reservoir - one of the biggest in the country, developed along the Kamchiya river. It is the reservoir with the largest perimeter in Bulgaria. Settlements Varbitsa Municipality includes the following 16 places (towns are shown in bold): Demography The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades. Ethnic composition According to the 2011 census, among those who answered the optional question on ethnic identification, the ethnic composition of the municipality was th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Varbitsa (town)
Varbitsa ( bg, Върбица ; ; also transliterated ''Vǎrbica'') is a town in eastern Bulgaria, part of Shumen Province. It is the administrative centre of Varbitsa Municipality, which lies in the southwestern part of Shumen Province. As of December 2009, the town has a population of 3,585 inhabitants. Varbitsa is located in the southeastern Danubian Plain, at the foot of the eastern Balkan Mountains, on both banks of the Gerila river. The area was populated in Antiquity by the Thracians and Romans, while the Slavs and Bulgars arrived in the Early Middle Ages. It is thought that the first ruler of the First Bulgarian Empire, Asparuh, settled the Severians in the region of the Varbitsa Pass in order to guard it in the 7th century. The pass was the site of the Battle of Pliska on 26 July 811, during which Krum of Bulgaria's forces routed the Byzantine army, killing and beheading Byzantine Emperor This is a list of the Byzantine emperors from the foundation of Constanti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pleven Province
Pleven Province ( bg, Област Плевен or Плевенска Област) is a province located in central northern Bulgaria, bordering the Danube river, Romania and the Bulgarian provinces of Vratsa, Veliko Tarnovo and Lovech. It is divided into 11 subdivisions, called municipalities, that embrace a territory of with a population, as of February 2011, of 269 752 inhabitants.Census 2011 Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009 /ref> [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sliven Province
Sliven Province ( bg, Област Сливен, former name Sliven okrug) is a province in southeastern Bulgaria, named after its administrative and industrial centre—the city of Sliven. It embraces a territory of Bulgarian Provinces area and population 1999 — National Center for Regional Development — page 90-91 that is divided into four municipalities, with a total population, as of December 2009, of 204,887.Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009 /r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kotel Municipality
Kotel Municipality ( bg, Община Котел) is a municipality in the Sliven Province of 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 Macedo .... Demography At the 2011 census, the population of Kotel was 19,391. Most of the inhabitants were either Bulgarians (36.22%), Turks (29.87%), or Gypsies/Romani (24.7%). 8.14% of the population's ethnicity was unknown. Villages In addition to the capital town of Kotel, there are 21 villages in the municipality: References {{Sliven Province Municipalities in Sliven Province ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gradets, Sliven Province
Gradets ( bg, Градец, "small town") is a village in southeastern Bulgaria, part of Kotel municipality, Sliven Province. It lies at , 380 m above sea level. As of 2005, the mayor is the independent Venko Kavardzhikov, and the population of Gradets is 5,895, which makes it the second most populous village in Bulgaria, after Aydemir, Silistra Province, and the most populous in Bulgarian Thrace. Gradets is situated in the Eastern Balkan Mountains, along the valley of the Luda Kamchiya. Gradets is characteristic because the vast majority of its residents are Bulgarian Roma (in 2000, 5,500 of 6,000 according to the then-mayor). In the early 20th century, Gradets had only around twenty Roma households, but their number later grew rapidly. Notable natives include politician Petar Gudev (1862–1932), officer Radko Dimitriev (1859–1918) and Mustafa Shibil, a 19th-century Turkish Muslim Roma brigand who served as Yordan Yovkov's prototype for a ''hajduk'' character,https:// ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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