Malko Tarnovo ( bg, Малко Търново , "Little Tarnovo"; as opposed to
Veliko Tarnovo
Veliko Tarnovo ( bg, Велико Търново, Veliko Tărnovo, ; "Great Tarnovo") is a town in north central Bulgaria and the administrative centre of Veliko Tarnovo Province.
Often referred as the "''City of the Tsars''", Veliko Tarnovo ...
) is a town in
Burgas Province, southeastern
Bulgaria
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, 5 km from the
Turkish border. It is the only town in the interior of the Bulgarian
Strandzha Mountains and lies in
Strandzha Nature Park. Malko Tarnovo is the administrative centre of the homonymous
Malko Tarnovo Municipality. As of December 2009, the town had 2,449 inhabitants.
[Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - towns in 2009]
Christianity
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is the dominant religion in the town, where an
Eastern Orthodox
Eastern Orthodoxy, also known as Eastern Orthodox Christianity, is one of the three main branches of Chalcedonian Christianity, alongside Catholicism and Protestantism.
Like the Pentarchy of the first millennium, the mainstream (or " canonical ...
and an
Eastern Rite Catholic church exist. According to
Lyubomir Miletich's demographic survey of the Ottoman province of
Edirne
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in ''
The Destruction of Thracian Bulgarians in 1913
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'', published in 1918, before the wars Malko Tarnovo was a district centre inhabited by 1,200 Bulgarian
Exarchist families and 80 Eastern Catholic Bulgarian families.
Before the
Balkan Wars
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(1912–1913), Malko Tarnovo was a township (''
kaza
A kaza (, , , plural: , , ; ota, قضا, script=Arab, (; meaning 'borough')
* bg, околия (; meaning 'district'); also Кааза
* el, υποδιοίκησις () or (, which means 'borough' or 'municipality'); also ()
* lad, kaza
, ...
'') of the
Kırklareli ''
sanjak
Sanjaks (liwāʾ) (plural form: alwiyāʾ)
* Armenian: նահանգ (''nahang''; meaning "province")
* Bulgarian: окръг (''okrǔg''; meaning "county", "province", or "region")
* el, Διοίκησις (''dioikēsis'', meaning "province" ...
'' in
Edirne
Edirne (, ), formerly known as Adrianople or Hadrianopolis ( Greek: Άδριανούπολις), is a city in Turkey, in the northwestern part of the province of Edirne in Eastern Thrace. Situated from the Greek and from the Bulgarian borders ...
''
vilayet'' as "Tırnovacık" that was ceded to Bulgaria following the wars.
Since 25 October 1913, it has been within the borders of Bulgaria.
Municipality
Malko Tarnovo is the seat of Malko Tarnovo municipality, part of Burgas Province. It includes the following 14 localities:
Gallery
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References
External links
Malko Tarnovo municipalityMalko Tarnovo municipal websiteWebsite of the Malko Tarnovo regional courtMalko Tarnovo at Journey.bg
Populated places in Burgas Province
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