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Map of Bulgaria. This is a complete list of all cities and towns in Bulgaria sorted by population. Province capitals are shown in bold. Primary sources are the National Statistical Institute (NSI) [1] and the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. [2] The largest city is Sofia with about 1.4 million inhabitants and the smallest is Melnik with about 300 ...
The first seal of the city, from 1878, which calls it Sredets, its name in Old Bulgarian. For a long time, the city possessed [31] a Thracian name, Serdica (Ancient Greek: Σερδικη, Serdikē, or Σαρδικη, Sardikē; Latin: Serdica or Sardica), derived from the tribe Serdi, who were either of Thracian, [17] [19] Celtic, [32] or mixed Thracian-Celtic origin.
Bulgarian is the only language with official status. [342] It belongs to the Slavic group of languages but has a number of grammatical peculiarities that set it apart from other Slavic languages: these include a complex verbal morphology (which also codes for distinctions in evidentiality ), the absence of noun cases and infinitives , and the ...
102 languages. Alemannisch ... The unique type of urban settlement in Bulgaria is called grad ... Categories by city in Bulgaria (12 C) B. Blagoevgrad (3 C, 4 P)
Municipalities of Bulgaria Provinces of Bulgaria. The 28 provinces of Bulgaria are divided into 265 municipalities (община, obshtina).Municipalities typically comprise multiple towns, villages and settlements and are governed by a mayor who is elected by popular majority vote for a four-year term, and a municipal council which is elected using proportional representation for a four-year ...
The city was destroyed by Kaloyan of Bulgaria (r. 1196–1207) in 1206 and rebuilt thereafter. [6] In 1219, the city became the capital of the Crusader Duchy of Philippopolis, part of the Latin Empire. [6] The Second Bulgarian Empire recovered the city in 1263, but lost it to Byzantine control before recapturing it in 1323. [6]
The unique type of urban settlement in Bulgaria is called grad (Bulgarian: град – grad). For urban settlements which are province seats see Category:Cities in Bulgaria . Contents
Gorna Banya (Bulgarian: Горна баня) is a neighbourhood in Sofia, the capital city of Bulgaria.It is one of the city's oldest villa zones. [1] The town is part of Sofia's Ovcha Kupel (Bulgarian: Овча купел) administrative district.