Rakovsky (Bulgaria)
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 Bulgaria
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| Oblast : | Plovdiv | ||
| Residents : | 14,731 (December 31, 2018 ) | ||
| Coordinates : | 42 ° 17 ' N , 24 ° 58' E | ||
| Height : | 180 m | ||
| License plate : | PB | ||
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| Mayor : | Franz Kokov | ||
Rakovsky (also: Rakovski; Bulgarian : Раковски) is a city and administrative center of a municipality of the same name in Plovdiv Oblast in central Bulgaria . The city with 14,799 inhabitants is located in the Thracian Plain , about 25 km northeast of Plovdiv . It is located on road no. 56, which leads from Plovdiv in a north-easterly direction to Shipka . The A1 motorway runs south 10 km away.
The city is named after Georgi Rakovsky (1821–1867), a Bulgarian revolutionary, ideologist , politician, writer, enlightener and activist of the Bulgarian National Revival .
Culture
In the area of Rakovsky there are eight so-called Tschitalischte (literally translated: reading room) - “culture houses”, typical Bulgarian communal cultural institutions that function as a library, a theater, an adult education center (foreign languages, dance courses, music courses), a village club and a clubhouse unite.
Town twinning
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Strumica , Macedonia, since 2009
sons and daughters of the town
- Georgi Ivanov Jowtschew (* 1950), Bishop of Sofia and Plovdiv
- Ginka Sagortschewa (* 1958), athlete
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Population by towns and sex. In: nsi.bg. Republic of Bulgaria - National Statistical Institute (NSI), April 12, 2019, accessed May 5, 2019 .