Hitrino ( bg, Хитрино, ) is a village in northeastern

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, part of

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. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous

Hitrino Municipality Hitrino Municipality ( bg, Община Хитрино) is a municipality ('' obshtina'') in Shumen Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located in the Ludogorie geographical region, part of the Danubian Plain. It is named after its administrative ce ...

, which lies in the northwestern part of the province. Hitrino is located in the northeastern

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region, equally outlying from the

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and the

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, 20 kilometres from the provincial capital of

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. The village has a railway station on the

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line and lies on the main road between

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and Shumen.

History

The name of the village up until 1934 is Шейтанджик ( Sheitandjik ). Hitrino was almost entirely populated by local Turkish people as a big part of it emigrated to Turkey during the so-called

Revival Process The Revival Process or the Process of Rebirth ( bg, Възродителен процес, Vazroditelen protses) refers to a policy of forced assimilation practiced by the socialist Bulgarian government in the 1980s. The policy involved the ethni ...

. "

" was founded in Hitrino in 1949. On 23 January 1955 the machine-tractor station in Hitrino is opened. A Municipal pioneer home "Живко Гергански ( Jivko Gerganski )" was made near the railway station in the village. It includes 31 pioneer battalions.

Municipality

Hitrino municipality includes the following 21 places:

2016 train accident

At 5:40 am local time (03:40 GMT), on 10 December 2016, 7 people were killed and 29 were injured following the explosion of a derailed tanker train. The train, which was carrying

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butane Butane () or ''n''-butane is an alkane with the formula C4H10. Butane is a gas at room temperature and atmospheric pressure. Butane is a highly flammable, colorless, easily liquefied gas that quickly vaporizes at room temperature. The name but ...

and

propylene Propylene, also known as propene, is an unsaturated organic compound with the chemical formula CH3CH=CH2. It has one double bond, and is the second simplest member of the alkene class of hydrocarbons. It is a colorless gas with a faint petrole ...

, struck an electricity pylon, exploded and caught fire. The fire engulfed at least fifty buildings, one of which collapsed trapping some children. 20 buildings in Hitrino were destroyed. An evacuation of the village was ordered as 150 firefighters fought the blaze; it was extinguished by midday. The injured were taken to hospitals in

and

. Some of them sustained burns to 90% of their body. Bulgarian Prime Minister

Boyko Borisov Boyko Metodiev Borisov ( bg, Бойко Методиев Борисов, ; born 13 June 1959) is a Bulgarian politician who served as the prime minister of Bulgaria from 2009 to 2013, 2014 to 2017, and 2017 to 2021, making him Bulgaria's secon ...

, visited the village several hours after the blast.

Honours

Hitrino Ridge in

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is named after the village.

External links

Hitrino municipality website

References

Villages in Shumen Province {{Shumen-geo-stub