Dolni Dabnik ( bg, Долни Дъбник ) is a town in

Pleven Province Pleven Province ( bg, Област Плевен or Плевенска Област) is a province located in central northern Bulgaria, bordering the Danube river, Romania and the Bulgarian provinces of Vratsa, Veliko Tarnovo and Lovech. It is ...

in the Danubian Plain of central northern

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. It is the administrative centre of

Dolni Dabnik municipality Dolni Dabnik Municipality ( bg, Община Долни Дъбник) is a municipality ('' obshtina'') in Pleven Province, Northern Bulgaria. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Dolni Dabnik. The municipality embraces a t ...

and lies to the west of the city of

Pleven Pleven ( bg, Плèвен ) is the seventh most populous city in Bulgaria. Located in the northern part of the country, it is the administrative centre of Pleven Province, as well as of the subordinate Pleven municipality. It is the biggest ...

. As of December 2009, the town has a population of 4,761 inhabitants.Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - towns in 2009
Dolni Dabnik was first mentioned in 1430 and is known for its

oil field A petroleum reservoir or oil and gas reservoir is a subsurface accumulation of hydrocarbons contained in porous or fractured rock formations. Such reservoirs form when kerogen (ancient plant matter) is created in surrounding rock by the presence ...

s, some of the few in Bulgaria. Besides oil extraction, the locals are mainly occupied in agriculture. Notable natives include Bulgaria international footballer

Ivaylo Petkov Ivaylo Petkov ( bg, Ивайло Петков; born 24 March 1976 in Dolni Dabnik, Pleven Province) is a former Bulgarian footballer, who played mainly as a left back and centre-back. He has won three A PFG titles, one Süper Lig title, a Bulga ...

(b. 1975), artist

Ilia Beshkov Ilia may refer to: Science and medicine *''Apatura ilia'' or lesser purple emperor, a butterfly *Ilium (bone) (plural: "ilia"), pelvic bone People * Ilia (name), numerous **Ilia II, the current Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Places *Ilia, ...

(1901–1958) and politician

Ventsislav Varbanov Ventsislav Vasilev Varbanov ( bg, Венцислав Василев Върбанов; born 16 April 1962) is a Bulgarian politician who served as Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Agrarian Reform in the Kostov government between 1997 and 20 ...

(b. 1962). The name "Dolni Dabnik" literally means "lower

oak An oak is a tree or shrub in the genus ''Quercus'' (; Latin "oak tree") of the beech family, Fagaceae. There are approximately 500 extant species of oaks. The common name "oak" also appears in the names of species in related genera, notably ''L ...

place", in contrast to the neighbouring village of

Gorni Dabnik Gorny/Górny (masculine), Gornaya/Górna (feminine), or Gornoye/Górne (neuter) may refer to: Places *Gorny District, a district of the Sakha Republic, Russia * Gorny (inhabited locality) (''Gornaya'', ''Gornoye''), name of several inhabited local ...

("higher oak place").

Honour

Dabnik Peak Dabnik Peak ( bg, връх Дъбник, vrah Dabnik, ) is a peak rising to 1038 m ...

Graham Land Graham Land is the portion of the Antarctic Peninsula that lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This description of Graham Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee and ...

Antarctica Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest contine ...

is named after Dolni Dabnik.

References

External links

Dolni Dabnik municipality at Domino.bg

Dolni Dabnik Professional High School of Agriculture website
Towns in Bulgaria Populated places in Pleven Province {{Pleven-geo-stub