Obzor ( bg, Обзор ) is a small town and

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on the

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coast of

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. It is part of

Nesebar Municipality Nesebar Municipality ( bg, Община Несебър, ) is a Bulgarian municipality comprising the northern part of the Black Sea coast of Burgas Province, Bulgaria. Its northern border is with the municipalities of Byala and Dolni Chiflik, i ...

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. On February 28th, 2021, the citizens of Obzor and six nearby villages voted in a referendum to separate from Nesebar Municipality and form an independent municipality, centred on Obzor. Voting activity was 76.02% and approximately 70% of people voted for independence. The

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and

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name of Obzor was . It was a small port on the coast of

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, a colony of

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. The

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named it ''Templum Iovis'' (Temple of

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); Pliny called it ''Tetranaulochus''. During the Ottoman rule of Bulgaria, it was known as ''Gözeken''. The modern name was introduced in 1936; Obzor obtained town privileges on 9 September 1984. The 2200-m-long Kaleto eco path ( bg, Екопътека “Калето”) connects the northwestern outskirts of Obzor with the remains of a medieval fortress. Visitors can see a 10-m-high waterfall and a mineral spring along the trail.

Trivia

Obzor Hill Obzor Hill ( bg, хълм Обзор, ‘Halm Obzor’ \'h&lm ob-'zor\) is the hill rising to 479 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 an ...

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is named after the town.

Twin towns

Obzor is twinned with: *

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References

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