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Plovdiv Пловдив (Bulgarie) | |
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 The ancient Roman theatre in Plovdiv | |
 Banner  Coat airms | |
| Eik-name(s): The ceety o the seiven hills Градът на седемте хълма (Bulgarie) Gradat na sedemte halma (transliteration) | |
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  Plovdiv Location o Plovdiv in Bulgarie | |
| Coordinates: 42°9′N 24°45′E / 42.150°N 24.750°ECoordinates: 42°9′N 24°45′E / 42.150°N 24.750°E | |
| Kintra |  Bulgarie |
| Province | Plovdiv |
| Municipalities | Plovdiv-ceety |
| Established | 4000 BC |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Ivan Totev (GERB) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 101.98 km2 (39.37 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 164 m (538 ft) |
| Population (2013 census[1]) | |
| • Density | 3316/km2 (8,590/sq mi) |
| • Ceety | 341041 |
| • Municipal body | 403153 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 4000 |
| Area code(s) | (+359) 032 |
| Website | www.plovdiv.bg |
Plovdiv (Bulgarie: Пловдив) is the seicont-lairgest ceety in Bulgarie wi a population o 381,738.[2] Plovdiv's history spans some 6,000 years, wi traces o a Neolithic dounset datin tae roughly 4000 BC.[3] It is the admeenistrative centre o Plovdiv Province in soothren Bulgarie an three municipalities (Plovdiv, Maritsa an Rodopi) an Bulgarie's Yuzhen tsentralen plannin region (NUTS II), as well as the lairgest an maist important ceety in Northren Thrace an the braider internaitional historical region o Thrace. The ceety is an important economic, transport, cultural an eddicational centre.[4]
Kent in the Wast for maist o its history bi the Greek name Philippopolis, it wis oreeginally a Thracian dounset afore becomin a major Roman ceety. In the Middle Ages, it retained its strategic regional importance, chyngin haunds atween the Byzantine an Bulgarian Empires. It came unner Ottoman rule in the 14t century. In 1878, Plovdiv wis made the caipital o the autonomous Ottoman region o Eastren Rumelie; in 1885, it became pairt o Bulgarie wi the unification o that region an the Principality o Bulgarie.
Plovdiv is situatit in the soothren pairt o the Plovdiv Plain on the twa banks o the Maritsa River. The ceety haes historically developed on seiven syenite hills, some o whilk are 250 m (820.21 ft) heich. Acause o thir seiven hills, Plovdiv is aften referred tae in Bulgarie as "the Ceety o the Seiven Hills".
Plovdiv is host tae economic an cultural events sicna the International Fair Plovdiv, the internaitional theatrical festival "A stage on a crossroad", the TV festival "The golden chest". Thare are mony remains preserved frae Antiquity sicna the Auncient amphitheatre, Roman odeon, Roman Stadium, the airchaeological complex Eirene an ithers.
- ↑ "Население към 31.12.2012 година в област Пловдив". Nsi.bg. Archived frae the original on 13 November 2012. Retrieved 3 Julie 2011.
- ↑ "General Directorate of Citizens' Registration and Administrative Services: Population Chart by permanent and temporary address (for provinces and municipalities) as of 15 September 2010, (Bulgarie). Retrieved on 17 September 2010". Retrieved 7 Januar 2011.
- ↑ Rodwell, Dennis (2007). Conservation and Sustainability in Historic cities. Blackwell Publishing. p. 19. ISBN 1405126566.
- ↑ Evgeni Dinchev ...; et al. (2002). Пътеводител България (in Bulgarie). Sofia: ТАНГРА ТанНакРа ИК. p. 138. ISBN 954-9942-32-5. Explicit use of et al. in:
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