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Sliven (inhabited place) |
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| Lat: 42 40 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 42.6667 decimal degrees |
| Long: 026 19 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 26.3167 decimal degrees |
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Note: The city of Sliven is located at a strategic point at the entrance to passes in the eastern Balkan mountains in east-central Bulgaria, at the confluence of the Novoselska and Asenovska Rivers. Settled in Roman times, the medieval town was founded ca 1153. It was a center of conflict between Bulgaria and the Byzantine Empire, then between the Ottoman Empire and Russia in the 19th century. It has been known since the 19th century as a textile and craft center, and as a center of Bulgarian culture. The modern city boasts a theatre, library, museum, and orchestra. Its 1986 estimated population was 102,455. |
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Sliven (inhabited place) (P) |
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was a Roman settlement, modern town founded in 1153 |
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| industrial center (C) |
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| cultural center (C) |
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was center of Bulgarian cultural revival of the 19th cen. |
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of an Eastern Orthodox metropolitan |
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