Galabovo ( bg, Гълъбово , from гълъб ''galab'', "dove" +
-ovo) is a town in south-central
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 Macedo ...
, part of
Stara Zagora Province. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous
Galabovo Municipality. As of December 2009, the town has a population of 8,404 inhabitants.
[Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009]
Galabovo is located in the southeastern part of the
Upper Thracian Plain
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 ...
, in a region economically important due to the extraction of
coal
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock, formed as rock strata called coal seams. Coal is mostly carbon with variable amounts of other elements, chiefly hydrogen, sulfur, oxygen, and nitrogen.
Coal is formed when ...
and production of electricity in the region. The
Maritsa Iztok-1 power plant is situated nearby. The population is predominantly
Bulgarian and
Bulgarian Orthodox
The Bulgarian Orthodox Church ( bg, Българска православна църква, translit=Balgarska pravoslavna tsarkva), legally the Patriarchate of Bulgaria ( bg, Българска патриаршия, links=no, translit=Balgarsk ...
, the employment is pretty high, with the residents employed for the most part in the coal, compressed slacks and
electricity industry.
Municipality
Galabovo is also the seat of Galabovo municipality (part of Stara Zagora Province), which in addition to the town also includes the following 10 villages:
References
External links
Galabovo municipality websiteGalabovo municipality at Domino.bg
Towns in Bulgaria
Populated places in Stara Zagora Province
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