Dimitrovgrad (Bulgaria)

	Dimitrovgrad (Димитровград)
	Dimitrovgrad
	Dimitrovgrad
Basic data
State :	Bulgaria
Oblast :	Haskovo
Residents :	35,504 (December 31, 2016)
Coordinates :	42 ° 3 ' N , 25 ° 36' E Coordinates: 42 ° 3 '0 " N , 25 ° 36' 0" E
Height :	125 m
Postal code :	6400
Telephone code :	(+359) 0391
License plate :	X
administration
Mayor :	Iwo Dimow
Website :	www.dimitrovgrad.bg

Dimitrovgrad in Bulgaria

Dimitrovgrad, Bulgaria

Dimitrovgrad [ diˈmitrovˌɡrat ] ( Bulgarian Димитровград ) is a city in the southern Bulgarian Oblast of Haskovo . It is the administrative and regional commercial, industrial and transport center of the Dimitrovgrad Municipality.

Dimitrovgrad is located in the Thracian Plain , along the Maritsa River . As of December 31, 2016, the city had 35,504 inhabitants. It is the second largest city in the district (after Haskovo ) and the third largest city in Bulgaria that is not the capital of a district.

geography

Dimitrovgrad is 220 km from the Bulgarian capital Sofia and 16 km from Haskovo . The nearest Bulgarian port is Burgas- 215 km, and the Greek Alexandropoulis on the Aegean Sea is about 190 km through Makaza. The nearest free zone in Plovdiv - 78 km away, and the nearest border crossing from Kapitan Andreevo- 100 km.

The European transport corridors 8, 9 and 10 go through the city. Dimitrovgrad is one of the largest and most important marshalling yards in southern Bulgaria. Railway lines Sofia - Svilengrad and Ruse - Podkova pass through Dimitrovgrad. There is a transport terminal in the city towards Europe - Middle East.

Neighboring places

Neighboring places of Dimitrovgrad are: Asenovgrad , Tschirpan , Kazanlak , Stara Sagora , Nowa Sagora , Sliven , Elchowo , Charmanli , Haskowo , Swilengrad , Kardzhali , Momchilgrad , Orestias

history

Dimitrovgrad is a relatively young industrial city . The first socialist city in Bulgaria was conceived as a large-scale infrastructure and urban planning project. The foundation stone was laid on May 10, 1947, when 40 young people came to build the “City of Dreams”. Tens of thousands of other young people followed. Dimitrovgrad was officially founded on September 2, 1947 by a decree of the then Prime Minister and Communist Party leader Georgi Dimitrov . The city was named after him. The three villages of Rakowski, Marino and Tschernokoniowo existed in the area of today's city.

In the years 1948–50 a whole new city was built from scratch by youth brigades from all over the country, which numbered 50,000 people. Dimitrovgrad was a re-establishment as a model of a socialist city, such as B. Eisenhüttenstadt in the GDR or Komsomolsk in the Soviet Union .