Yakimovo ( bg, Якимово, ; also transliterated ''Jakimovo'' or ''Iakimovo'') is a village in northwestern
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 ...
, part of
Montana Province
Montana Province ( bg, Област Монтана, transliterated: ''Oblast Montana'') is a province in northwestern Bulgaria, bordering Serbia in the southwest and Romania in the north. It spreads its area between the Danube river and the Balka ...
. It is the administrative centre of
Yakimovo Municipality
Yakimovo Municipality ( bg, Община Якимово) is a small municipality ('' obshtina'') in Montana Province, Northwestern Bulgaria, located in the area of the Danubian Plain. It is named after its administrative centre - the village of Y ...
, which lies in the northern part of Montana Province.
Yakimovo was formed in the 20th century through the official merger of the neighbouring villages of Progorelets, Kotenovtsi and Voynitsi into one. The village is located in the western
Danubian Plain and is crossed by the
Tsibritsa
The Tsibritsa ( bg, Цибрица, ; also transliterated as ''Cibrica'', ''Tzibritza''; la, Ciabrus) is a river in the western Danubian Plain of northern Bulgaria and a right tributary of the Danube. The river originates in the Shiroka Planina ...
river, a tributary of the
Danube
The Danube ( ; ) is a river that was once a long-standing frontier of the Roman Empire and today connects 10 European countries, running through their territories or being a border. Originating in Germany, the Danube flows southeast for , pa ...
. In 1972, a
silver
Silver is a chemical element with the Symbol (chemistry), symbol Ag (from the Latin ', derived from the Proto-Indo-European wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂erǵ-, ''h₂erǵ'': "shiny" or "white") and atomic number 47. A soft, whi ...
treasure dating to the 2nd-1st century BC (Late
Helladic
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) was found nearby and is now known as the Yakimovo treasure. The only curling hall in Eastern Europe is in Yakimovo.
Municipality
Yakimovo municipality includes the following 4 places:
See also
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List of villages in Montana Province
This is a list of towns and villages in Montana Province, Bulgaria.
The place names in bold have the status of town (in Bulgarian: град, transliterated: ''grad'') and the other localities have the status of village (in Bulgarian: село, tra ...
External links
Yakimovo municipality website
Villages in Montana Province
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