Svoge ( bg, Своге, ) is a town in western

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, part of

Sofia Province Sofia Province ( bg, Софийска област, translit=Sofiyska oblast) is a province (''oblast'') of Bulgaria. The province does not include Sofia in its territories, but Sofia remains its administrative center. The province borders on t ...

. It is located in the gorge of the

Iskar River The Iskar ( bg, Искър, ; la, Oescus) is a right tributary of the Danube. With a length of 368 km it is the longest river that runs entirely within Bulgaria.Sofia Sofia ( ; bg, София, Sofiya, ) is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain in the western parts of the country. The city is built west of the Iskar river, and h ...

. Svoge is the main town of the Svoge Municipality which is one of the largest municipalities in

and includes also 37

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s & the town of Svoge itself. By Decree No. 546 of the Presidium of the National Assembly in 7 September 1964 Svoge was declared as a city.www.prokarstterra.bas.bg
География, 3/2009.

Etymology

Svoge's name comes from the

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word ''svod'' (свод), meaning "vault, arch", due to the town's location as a vault where the rivers Iskar and Iskretska meet. In the local vernacular, ''svod'' got transformed to ''svoge''.

Honour

Svoge Knoll on

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in the

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is named after Svoge.

References

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