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Plovdiv (Bulgarian: Пловдив, pronounced [ˈpɫɔvdif] is the second-largest city in Bulgaria, 93 miles southeast of the capital Sofia. It had a population of 371,536 as of 2024 and 675,000 in the greater metropolitan area. Plovdiv is a cultural hub in Bulgaria and was the European Capital of Culture in 1999 and 2019. The city is an ...
Plovdiv Province (Bulgarian: Област Пловдив: Oblast Plovdiv, former name Plovdiv okrug) is a province in central southern Bulgaria.It comprises 18 municipalities (общини, obshtini, sing. общинa, obshtina) on a territory of 5,972.9 km 2 (2,306.1 sq mi) [1] with a population, as of February 2011, of 683,027 inhabitants.
Karlovo is the seat of Karlovo municipality (part of Plovdiv Province). The population of the Karlovo municipality is approximately 73,000 people. It includes the following 27 towns and villages (towns in bold):
At the 2011 census, the population inhabiting Bulgaria was 7,364,570 in total, but the 2021 Census calculated that the population had declined to 6.5 million. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] The peak was in 1989, the year when the borders opened after a half of a century of communist regime, when the population numbered 9,009,018.
The capital is included (together with three other cities plus 34 villages) in Sofia Capital Municipality (over 90% of whose population lives in Sofia), which is the sole municipality comprising Sofia City province.
Southern district (Bulgarian: Район Южен) is one of the six districts of Plovdiv in southern Bulgaria. It has a population of 79,330. It has a population of 79,330. The district includes the so-called "Küçük Paris" (meaning small Paris in Turkish), Belomorski and Ostromila quarters and Komatevo .
Population Roma population Roma % Note Stolipinovo: neighborhood Plovdiv: 55,000 The largest Roma community in the Balkans: Fakulteta neighborhood Sofia: 45,000 Tokaito neighborhood Pazardzhik: 30,000 Nadezhda neighborhood Sliven: 20,000 ~100% Maksuda neighborhood Varna: 10,000 ~100% Sheker neighborhood Plovdiv: 10,000 ~100% Hristo Botev ...
Annual Plovdiv Fair begins. [1] Population: 99,883. 1938 - Plovdiv Regional Ethnographic Museum new location. 1940 – 1940 Bulgaria tobacco strike . 1945 Plovdiv Medical University founded. Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra established. 1947 – FC Spartak Plovdiv (football club) and Detska Kitka Choir formed. 1950 – Plovdiv Stadium built.