Slatina ( bg, Слатина ) is a district located in the eastern parts of the capital Sofia. it has 65,772 inhabitants. The district has an area of 13.25 km² which counts for 6.69% of the total Capital Municipality area. It is a flat country with some heights to the west. Slatina, then a village, was first mentioned in 1420 as ''İslatina''. Its name is derived from the common Bulgarian noun ''slatina'', "saline spring", itself from the adjective ''slat'' (" salty, saline"). The word is attested in Old Bulgarian as СЛАТИНА, "bog, swamp, marsh", "non-squirting spring". The name is popular in

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and Slavic toponymy. Its borders follow Iskarsko Shose Str., Iskar River, Tsarigradsko Shose Blvd, Sitnyakovo Blvd, Boyan Magesnik Str, Stoyan Popov Str and Letostrui Str. Slatina includes five neighbourhoods: "Yavorov"; "Geo Milev"; "Hristo Smirnenski"; "Reduta" and "Hristo Botev". "Reduta" neighbourhood is the highest place in the capital. There are 23 hectares of green spaces and 3 parks. There are several important institutions, such as the Ministry of Domestic Affairs, Committee for Exploiting Nuclear Energy for Peaceful Purposes, and State Music Academy "Pancho Vladigerov". The embassies of

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, India and Romania are located there. There are also two sports halls: "Festivalna" and "Universiada".

Economy

Service and manufacturing industry are the backbone of the economy. There are large machine-building and electronics plants such as "Electronika", "Lidi-R", "Meditsinska Tehnika Inzhenering". There are also food processing plants. One of the symbols of the capital,

Pliska Hotel Pliska ( , cu, Пльсковъ, translit=Plĭskovŭ) was the first capital of the First Bulgarian Empire during the Middle Ages and is now a small town in Shumen Province, on the Ludogorie plateau of the Danubian Plain, 20 km northeast o ...

is located within the district. Sky City Mall is located in close proximity to the Pliska Hotel. The unemployment rate is 4,1%.

Sofia International Airport Sofia Airport ( bg, Летище София, translit=Letishte Sofiya) is the main international airport of Bulgaria, located east of the centre of the capital Sofia. In 2019 the airport surpassed 7 million passengers for the first time. The a ...

is a major transport hub not only of Sofia and Bulgaria but in the whole

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. There is a business park under construction near the airport.

Culture and education

There are 9 schools, 8 kindergartens and 6

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in Slatina. There are also three Institutes for Higher Education. The State School for Dance Art is located there as well. There are two churches: "Sv. Troitsa" (Holy Trinity) and "Sveti Duh" (Holy Spirit). There is a chapel "Sv. Mina".

Honour

Slatina Peak Slatina Peak ( bg, връх Слатина, vrah Slatina, ) is a peak rising to 1750 m in Imeon Range on Smith Island, South Shetland Islands. Situated 2 km northeast of Antim Peak, to which it is linked by Varshets Saddle, 4.09 km ea ...

on Smith Island, South Shetland Islands is named after Slatina, Sofia and few homonymous Bulgarian settlements.

References

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