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Stara Zagora (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 42 25 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 42.4167 decimal degrees |
| Long: 025 37 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 25.6167 decimal degrees |
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Note: The town is located at the edge of the fertile Stara Zagora plain in central Bulgaria. The Thracian settlement of Beroea is the earliest known settlement on the site, followed by the Roman Augusta Trajana. Barbarians destroyed this in the fourth and fifth centuries. A thriving trade center in Byzantine times, it fell to the Turks in 1370, and declined. The Turks destroyed it in 1878, but it was rebuilt, and developed particularly rapidly from the end of the Second World War. Its main economic activities include brewing, canning, the manufacture of farm equipment and machine tools, and the production of cotton, chemicals, and cigarettes. The town features orchards and vineyards throughout. The 1989 population estimated was 158,00. |
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| Stara Zagora (preferred,C,V,display,Bulgarian,U,N)
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| Eski-Zagra (H,V,Turkish (transliterated),U,N)
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............ | Turkish name |
| Yeski-Zagra (H,V)
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| Irenopolis (H,V,Greek (transliterated),U,N)
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............ | Byzantine |
| Augusta Trajana (H,V,Latin,U,N)
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............ | Roman name |
| Augusta Traiana (H,V,Latin,U,N)
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| Beroea (H,V)
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............ | name of Thracian settlement |
| Beroe (H,V)
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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was a Thracian settlement |
| city (C) |
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| provincial capital (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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| agricultural center (C) |
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| cultural center (C) |
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especially noted as center for opera in Bulgaria |
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(World, Europe, Bulgaria, Stara Zagora) [8698324] |
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