Septemvri ( bg, Септември, , ) is a town in Pazardzhik Province, Southern

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 Macedon ...

, located at the western end of the

Upper Thracian Lowland The Upper Thracian Plain ( bg, Горнотракийска низина, ''Gornotrakiyska nizina'') constitutes the northern part of the historical region of Thrace. It is located in southern Bulgaria, between Sredna Gora mountains to the north ...

, away to the west from the city of Pazardzhik. It is the administrative centre of homonymous

Septemvri Municipality Septemvri Municipality ( bg, Община Септември) is a municipality in the Pazardzhik Province of Bulgaria. Demography At the 2011 census, the population of Septemvri was 25,794. Most of the inhabitants (76.5%) were Bulgarians, and t ...

. As of December 2009, the town has a population of 8,422 inhabitants.Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - towns in 2009
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History

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Thracian The Thracians (; grc, Θρᾷκες ''Thrāikes''; la, Thraci) were an Indo-European speaking people who inhabited large parts of Eastern and Southeastern Europe in ancient history.. "The Thracians were an Indo-European people who occupied t ...

mounds and traces of two ancient cities - Greek

Pistiros Pistiros (Ancient Greek, ''Πίστιρος'') was an inland Ancient Greek emporion, or trade center, in Ancient Thrace. It is located near the modern city of Vetren, in the westernmost part of the Maritsa River valley. The identification of the ...

and a

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town that lies on ''Trayan's Drum'' were discovered near the town. It has succeeded as an old Bulgarian settlement, which was destroyed in the late 14th century during the Ottoman onslaught. The town was rebuilt at the end of the 15th century under the Turkish name of ''Sara Khan bey'', and carried this name until 1949. Septemvri developed into a typical railway town following the construction of the Haskovo– Belovo railway line in 1873. The scenic Septemvri-Dobrinishte narrow gauge line to the Rhodopi mountain town of

Dobrinishte Dobrinishte ( bg, Добринище ) is a small town and ski resort in the Blagoevgrad Province, Bansko Municipality, southwestern Bulgaria. it has 2973 inhabitants. It is located 6 km east of Bansko, a famous winter resort. It has an al ...

over Bansko was constructed in 1945. In 1949 the Bulgarian Communist Party renamed the town Septemvri, the new name literally meaning "September", in honour of the September Uprising of 1923.Указ 949 на Президиум на Народното събрание от 03.12.1949 г. ''(Обн., ДВ, бр. 285 от 08.12.1949 г.)'
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References

Towns in Bulgaria Populated places in Pazardzhik Province {{Pazardzhik-geo-stub