Northern District, Plovdiv
Northern district ( bg, Район Северен) is a district of Plovdiv, southern Bulgaria. It is often referred by the citizens as ''Karshiaka'' meaning "the other bank" in Turkish language, Turkish. It has 53,870 inhabitants. The district is located on the northern bank of the Maritsa river. Structure The district includes the neighbourhoods of ''Jurii Gagarin'', ''Filipovo'', ''Zaharna Fabrikia'', and ''Gaganitsa''. The 8,000-seat stadium of FC Maritsa Plovdiv is located in the western part of the district. The transport infrastructure includes Filipovo railway station and bus station "Sever" (meaning north in Bulgarian). The Plovdiv International Fair is situated in the eastern parts of the district. There are three large hotels: Novotel Plovdiv, Maritsa Hotel and Sankt Peterburg Hotel (which is currently the tallest building in Plovdiv). Administration The mayor of the Northern district is Dr Ina Filipova from the coalition Citizens for European Development of ...
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Rayon Sever
Rayon is a semi-synthetic fiber, made from natural sources of regenerated cellulose fiber, cellulose, such as wood and related agricultural products. It has the same molecular structure as cellulose. It is also called viscose. Many types and grades of viscose fibers and films exist. Some imitate the feel and texture of natural fibers such as silk, wool, cotton, and linen. The types that resemble silk are often called Art silk, artificial silk. The fibre is used to make textiles for clothing and other purposes. Rayon production involves solubilizing cellulose to allow turning the fibers into required form. Three common ways to solubilize are the Cuprammonium rayon, cuprammonium process, not in use today, using ammoniacal solutions of copper salts; the viscose process, the most common today, using alkali and Carbon_disulfide, carbon sulfide; and the Lyocell process, using amine oxide. The last avoids the neurotoxic carbon sulfide of the viscose process but is also more expensive. ...
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