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Plovdiv (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 42 08 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 42.1333 decimal degrees |
| Long: 024 45 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 24.7500 decimal degrees |
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Note: Plovdiv is Bulgaria's second-largest city, located on the Maritsa River in the south-central part of the country on the Thracian plain. Philip II of Macedonia conquered the original Thracian settlement in the fourth century BCE. In 46 CE it became the capital of the Roman Thracian province. After the Romans, it changed hands often, until the Turks took it over in 1364. In 1878 it became the capital of Turkish Eastern Rumelia, which became part of Bulgarian in 1885. It acquired its present name after World War I. Today its historic remains include some parts of Roman walls and the ruins of a medieval fort. It is a busy market and industrial city, the main economic activities of which include food processing, and carpet, textile, and machinery manufacture. The 2003 estimated population was 338,200. |
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| Plovdiv (preferred,C,V,Bulgarian,U,N)
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............ | name used after World War I |
| Filibe (H,V,Turkish (transliterated),U,N)
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| Philibé (H,V)
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| Trimontium (H,V,Latin,U,N)
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............ | Roman, used from 46 CE |
| Philippopolis (H,V)
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............ | named after Philip II of Macedonia in 341 BC |
| Eumolpias (H,V)
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| Eumolpia (H,V)
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| Pulpudeva (H,V)
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............ | name of Thracian settlement |
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Plovdiv (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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established as a Thracian settlement |
| city (C) |
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| provincial capital (C) |
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| transportation center (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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| cultural center (C) |
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