Gurkowo (Stara Sagora Oblast)
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| Oblast : | Stara Sagora | ||||
| Residents : | 2707 (December 31, 2016) | ||||
| Area : | 58.323 km² | ||||
| Population density | 46.4 inhabitants / km² | ||||
| Coordinates : | 42 ° 39 ' N , 25 ° 48' E | ||||
| Height : | 350 m | ||||
| Postal code : | 6199 | ||||
| Telephone code : | (+359) 04331 | ||||
| License plate : | CT | ||||
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| Mayor : | Stoyan Nikolov | ||||
| Ruling party : | Bulgarian Socialist Party | ||||
| Website : | www.obshtina-gurkovo.com | ||||
Gurkovo (also Gurkovo written Bulgarian Гурково ) is a town in southern Bulgaria . It is located in the Oblast Stara Sagora , 30 km northeast of Stara Sagora , 3 km north of Nikolaevo .
Gurkowo is the administrative center of the Gurkowo municipality of the same name.
In the 19th century Gurkowo had the double name Chajnito (also Chainito or Chaineto) and Kuloptschin. The old name of the Chainboas mountain pass , today the pass of the republic , is also derived from Chajnito . Kuloptschin was renamed Gurkowo in 1906 and was named General Gurkowo from 1940 to 1947. Gurkowo was promoted to town in 1974.
The city is named after General Josef Gurko , under whose leadership the city of Stara Sagora was captured by Russian troops in the Russian-Ottoman War in 1877 .
geography
The city is located in central Bulgaria, in the eastern part of the Rose Valley , enclosed between the mountain ranges of the Balkan Mountains and the Sredna Gora .
The rivers Tundscha , Radowa (bulg. Радова ) and Lasowa (bulg. Лазова ) flow through the area of the municipality Gurkowo . There is also the Schrebtschewo reservoir (Bulgarian язовир Жребчево ), which dams the Tunscha. This reservoir is the third largest in Bulgaria, after the Iskar reservoir and Studen kladenez reservoir .
Gurkowo Municipality
The municipality of Gurkowo covers 292 km² with 11 settlements with 5441 inhabitants (September 15, 2010). The municipality was only created in 1997 as an independent administrative unit.
In addition to the town of Gurkowo, the municipality of Gurkowo includes the following villages:
- Brestowa
- Dimowzi
- Dworishte
- Konare
- Lyava reka
- Panicherevo
- Ptschelinowo
- Switch pole
- Shergovets
- Slati rat
Two important transport links run through the territory of the municipality:
- the pass road over the pass of the republic (bulg. Проход на Републиката ), which crosses the Balkan Mountains and connects northern and southern Bulgaria
- the Awtomagistrala A1 “Trakiya” motorway , which connects Sofia with Burgas .
The foothill railway line (Bulgarian подбалканска железопътна линия ) runs parallel to the A1 “Trakiya” Avtomagistrala .
economy
The largest and most important company in the city is Bulmetal (bulg. Булметал ), which, as the market leader in Bulgaria, produces metal packaging - for the food industry (canned food), the chemical industry (colored packaging, spray bottles, cans) and the cosmetics industry. Another important branch of the economy is logging, partly for export, and wood processing.
The distance to important economic and administrative centers in the area is 40 to 50 km: Stara Sagora , Kazanlak , Nowa Sagora and Veliko Tarnovo .
Others
In the city there is a museum dedicated to the donkey , which is still widespread in rural Bulgaria. Every year there is a donkey race with donkey carts, which usually takes place on September 3rd, which is also the "Rose Day" and on which the "Miss Rose" beauty pageant is held.
The folklore festival The Balkans Sings and Tales (Bulgarian Балканът пее и разказва ) is held annually in six cities, apart from Gurkowo also in Elena , Drjanowo , Kotel , Twarditsa and Trjawna .