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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.
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 .
Its population is mixed Bulgarians and Roma Shesti neighborhood Nova Zagora: 10,000 Probuda neighborhood Burgas: 7,277 The majority of today's population is Roma Karmen neighborhood Kazanlak: 7,000 Lozenets neighborhood Stara Zagora: 5,000 Filipovtsi neighborhood gypsy part Sofia: 4,659 ~100% Gradets: village Kotel, Sliven: 3,759 2,970 79.01%
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.
1960 – Plovdiv Regional Museum of Natural History founded. 1961 – Hristo Botev Stadium (Plovdiv) opens. 1964 Academy of Music, Dance and Fine Arts (Plovdiv) established. Population: 203,800. [16] 1965 – Plovdiv Airport new terminal opens. 1972 – Plovdiv University "Paisii Hilendarski" active. [17] 1981 – Expo 81 held in city. 1985 ...
The population is almost exclusively Christian, mostly Eastern Orthodox but with some Evangelical and Roman Catholic families. According to the 2011 census, 7,973 out of 8,754 inhabitants declared their ethnicity. Around 96.2% of those, or 7,669 people, are ethnic Bulgarians.
Western district (Bulgarian: Район Западен) is a district of Plovdiv, southern BulgariaThe district includes the quarters Proslav, Hristo Smirnenski, Mladeshki Halm and Mladost, and has 39,158 inhabitants. [1]