Granit (in

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: Гранит) is a village in

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Bratya Daskalovi Bratya Daskalovi ( bg, Братя Даскалови, ; also transliterated ''Bratja Daskalovi'' or ''Bratia Daskalovi'') is a village in southern Bulgaria, part of Stara Zagora Province with a population of 750 inhabitants as of December 2009. It ...

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

Stara Zagora Province Stara Zagora ( bg, Област Стара Загора), formerly known as the Stara Zagora okrug, is a province of south-central Bulgaria. It is named after its administrative and industrial centre—the city of Stara Zagora—the sixt ...

. The village is famous for the

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in Bulgaria and one of the most ancient in the world, the Granit Oak (

Quercus robur ''Quercus robur'', commonly known as common oak, pedunculate oak, European oak or English oak, is a species of flowering plant in the beech and oak family, Fagaceae. It is a large tree, native plant, native to most of Europe west of the Caucasus ...

), estimated to be about 1,700 years old. It was formed in 1945 upon the merger of two villages, Golobradovo and Skobelovo. In 1989 its population was 1103, while this number declined to 665 in December 2017. Quercus robur in Granit, Bulgaria 02

Population

As of December 2017, the village of Granit has a dwindling population of 665 people.

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(54%) and

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References

External links

Information about the village on Bratya Daskalovi municipality website
Villages in Stara Zagora Province {{StaraZagora-geo-stub