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Encyclopedia > Svilengrad

Svilengrad (Cyrillic: Свиленград) is a municipality in Bulgaria situated at the border of Turkey and Greece. It is in the Haskovo Province. The Cyrillic alphabet (or azbuka, from the old name of the first letters) is an alphabet used to write six natural Slavic languages (Belarusian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, Serbian, and Ukrainian) and many other languages of the former Soviet Union, Asia and Eastern Europe. ... Khaskovo province shown within Bulgaria Haskovo is a province in southern Bulgaria, neighbouring Greece and Turkey to the south east. ...


With a population of approximately 20,000, Svilengrad is close to the road borders of Greece and Turkey (supposedly one of the largest road customs in Europe). Svilengrad is located ESE of Sofia and Plovdiv, S of Varna and Burgas, W of Edirne and N of the nearest Greek community Ormeni and Alexandroupoli in Greece. There is a higher level of employment than in surrounding villages. Most people are working for customs and border related industries e.g. TIR servicing, hotels, border police, etc. The Town center boasts a pedestrianized high street mostly filled with cafes, bars, phone shops and hotels. The town has 3 dvd rental shops, two cinemas and town library. The Maritsa river flows west of Svilengrad. The Evros prefecture and Trigono of Greece is bordered to the south. The Rhodope mountains lie to the west and southwest. The area to the southwest is famous for its fruittrees. The city of Sofia (Bulgarian: София), at the foot of the Vitosha mountain, has a population of 1,208,930 (2003), and is the biggest city and capital of the Republic of Bulgaria. ... Ancient Theater, Plovdiv International Fair, Plovdiv Plovdiv (Greek:Philippopolis, Φιλιππουπολης) is a city in Bulgaria and the capital of the Plovdiv Oblast (district). ... This article is about a city in Bulgaria. ... Burgas (or Bourgas, Bulgarian: Бургас Greek: Pirgos, Πυργος) is the second largest city on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast. ... Selimiye Mosque, built by Sinan in 1575 Edirne is a city in (Thrace), the westernmost part of Turkey, close to the borders with Greece and Bulgaria. ... Alexandroupolis is a city of Greece and the capital of the Evros Prefecture in Thrace. ... The Maritsa river is ca . ... Evros (Greek: Έβρος) is one of the fifty-one prefectures of Greece and is the northernmost. ... In Greek mythology, Queen Rhodope of Thrace was the wife of Haemus. ...

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Communities

  • Dimitrovtse
  • Kapitan Andreevo
  • Novo Selo
  • Raykova Mogila
  • Tsernodab

Transportation

  • A1, the Maritsa, access to Ö8 superhighway in Turkey bypasses Svilengrad
  • BG-9
  • BG-55
  • Road to Ormeni and Alexandroupoli in Greece, not part of E85

Alexandroupolis is a city of Greece and the capital of the Evros Prefecture in Thrace. ...

Persons

  • Milko Kalaydjiev

External links

  • http://www.bulgarianproperties.com/towns-cities-villages-resorts.php?IID=49&long=

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Svilengrad, Bulgaria - Tourist and Property Information (673 words)
The town of Svilengrad is situated in the southern part of Bulgaria, close to the border with Turkey and Greece.
It is an administrative centre of Svilengrad municipality which consists of 24 settlements: the town of Svilengrad and 23 villages.
Svilengrad originated in the XV century near the ruins of the Thracian-Roman settlement of Burdenis.
*** Visit to Bulgaria : SVILENGRAD, Bulgaria *** - Travel guide and Search engine (374 words)
SVILENGRAD is situated in the southeastern part of Bulgaria just neht to the frontiers with Grece and Turkey.To the northeast its territory reaches the Sakar mountain and to the southuest-the Rhodopes.
The Town is on Maritsa River and the mouth of its tributary Golyama Reka, 67 km souht-east of Haskovo.
The chimate in the region of Svilengrad is mostly Mediterranean.
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