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ID: 7017008 Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7017008			Record Type: administrative

Karnobat (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 42 39 00 N degrees minutes			Lat: 42.6500 decimal degrees
Long: 026 59 00 E degrees minutes			Long: 26.9833 decimal degrees

Note: Karnobat is a town in the province of Burgas in east-central Bulgaria. It was first settled in prehistoric times ca. 6000 BCE. The modern town serves as an important railway junction. It is famous for its local breed of sheep that produces particularly fine wool, and for Sungulare muscatel wine, named for the nearby village of Sungulare.

Names:

Karnobat (preferred,C,V)
Poljanovgrad (H,V)	............	name used until 1961, refers to poet D Poljanov
Karinabad (H,V)
Karin-oca (H,V)	............	Turkish name

Hierarchical Position:

World (facet)

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Europe (continent) (P)

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Bulgaria (nation) (P)

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Burgas (province) (P)

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Karnobat (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:

inhabited place (preferred, C)	............	had prehistoric settlements
town (C)
transportation center (C)
archaeological site (C)

Sources and Contributors:

Karinabad..........	[VP]
....................	Nagel's: Bulgaria (1981) 359 ff.

Karin-oca..........	[VP]
....................	Nagel's: Bulgaria (1981) 359 ff.

Karnobat..........	[VP Preferred]
.................	Times Atlas of the World (1994) 97

Poljanovgrad..........	[VP]
.......................	Nagel's: Bulgaria (1981) 359 ff.

Subject: .....	[VP]
..................	Nagel's: Bulgaria (1981) 359 ff.
..................	Times Atlas of the World (1994) 97


Note:
English	..........	[VP]

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