Kakrina
| Kakrina (Къкрина) | |||||
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| Oblast : | Lovech | ||||
| Residents : | 287 (December 15, 2010) | ||||
| Area : | 31 km² | ||||
| Population density | 9.3 inhabitants / km² | ||||
| Coordinates : | 43 ° 8 ' N , 24 ° 53' E | ||||
| Height : | 465 m | ||||
| Postal code : | 5544 | ||||
| Telephone code : | (+359) 06928 | ||||
| License plate : | IF | ||||
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| Mayor : | Mintscho Kazanjiev | ||||
| Ruling party : | Bulgarian Socialist Party | ||||
Kakrina ( Bulgarian Къкрина ) is a village in the Lovech municipality , Lovech Oblast in northern Bulgaria . The village is located in the so-called Pre- Balkans , a mountain range north of the Balkan Mountains .
The village is considered the place of arrest of the Bulgarian freedom fighter and ideologue Vasil Levski on December 15, July. / December 27, 1872 greg. known. The exact place, the Chan (rest stop) of Christo Zonew is now a museum. The museum opened on May 10, 1931 and was one of the 100 national tourist objects in Bulgaria until 1989 . The place has been namesake for Kakrina Point , a headland of Clarence Island in Antarctica , since 2014 .
Personalities
- Christo Ivanov-Golemija (1838–1898), freedom fighter and revolutionary
- Zatscho Sjarow (1888–1959), lawyer and politician
- Nikola Syarov, doctor and politician
Web links and individual references
- Commons : Kakrina - collection of images, videos and audio files
