Tvarditsa ( bg, Твърдица ) is a town in
Sliven Province
Sliven Province ( bg, Област Сливен, former name Sliven okrug) is a province in southeastern Bulgaria, named after its administrative and industrial centre—the city of Sliven. It embraces a territory of [Bulgaria
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. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous
Tvarditsa Municipality. As of December 2018, the town has a population of 5,659 inhabitants.
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Tvarditsa is located on the southern slopes of Stara Planina. The area around is known as the Tvarditsa Coal Basin, the only place in the country where soft coal is mined.
Tvarditsa Rocks in the South Shetland Islands
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, Antarctica
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are named after Tvarditsa. The Bessarabian Bulgarian village of Tvardiţa in Taraclia District
Taraclia (, ) is a district () in the south of Moldova, with the administrative center at Taraclia.
As of 1 January 2012, its population was 44,100, 65.6% of whom were ethnic Bulgarians. The district covers an area of and has the lowest popula ...
, Moldova
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, was founded by refugees from Tvardisa, who named it after their ancestral town.
Population
As of December 2018, the town of Tvarditsa has 5,659 inhabitants, while the municipality of Tvarditsa has 13,413 inhabitants. Most inhabitants are ethnic Bulgarians
Bulgarians ( bg, българи, Bǎlgari, ) are a nation and South Slavic ethnic group native to Bulgaria and the rest of Southeast Europe.
Etymology
Bulgarians derive their ethnonym from the Bulgars. Their name is not completely unders ...
(89%), followed by a large Romani minority (9%). The main faith is Orthodox Christianity
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Gallery
Image:Tvardica_center.jpg, Main square and city hall
Image:Tvardica_road.jpg, The main road to the Balkan pass
Image:Tvardica_balkan.jpg, Balkan mountains
Image:Tvarditsa Sv.Petka1.JPG, Entrance to the Church of Saint Petka
Notes
{{Coord, 42, 42, N, 25, 54, E, region:BG_type:city, display=title
Populated places in Sliven Province
Towns in Bulgaria