Klissura
| Klissura (Клисура) | |||||
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 Bulgaria
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| Oblast : | Plovdiv | ||||
| Residents : | 925 (December 31, 2018) | ||||
| Coordinates : | 42 ° 42 ' N , 24 ° 27' E | ||||
| Height : | 660 m | ||||
| Telephone code : | (+359) 03052 | ||||
| License plate : | PB | ||||
Klissura ( Bulgarian : Клисура, Romanian Clisura, from Latin 'clausura') is a town with 1001 inhabitants (2005) in the municipality of Karlovo ( Plovdiv Oblast ) in central Bulgaria . The city is located approx. 70 km northwest of Plovdiv and approx. 90 km east of Sofia in the Rose Valley , at the foot of the Balkan Mountains and the Sredna Gora . The word klissura , originally derived from Greek, means “pass” or “gorge” in the South Slavic languages.
The Vejen, at 2198 m above sea level one of the highest mountains in the Balkan Mountains, is 8 km (as the crow flies) northwest of Klissura.
The Strjama flows through Klissura , a 110.1 km long river that rises on Vejen and flows into the Maritsa 15 km east of Plovdiv .
Klissura is on road no. 5 (= E 871), which leads 1 km north of Sofia to Kazanlak . The highway A1 runs south 70 km away.
The community is namesake for Klisura Peak , a mountain on Livingston Island in Antarctica.
Web links
- Town of Klisura (English)
- Plovdiv Oblast website: Karlovo Municipality - demography, economy (bulg.); therein: Klissura
Individual evidence
- ↑ Population by towns and sex. In: nsi.bg. Republic of Bulgaria - National Statistical Institute (NSI), April 12, 2019, accessed May 5, 2019 .