Rakovsky (Bulgaria)

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Rakovsky (Раковски)
Rakovsky coat of arms Map of Bulgaria, position of Rakovsky highlighted
Basic data
State : BulgariaBulgaria Bulgaria
Oblast : Plovdiv
Residents : 14,731 (December 31, 2018  )
Coordinates : 42 ° 17 '  N , 24 ° 58'  E Coordinates: 42 ° 17 '25 "  N , 24 ° 57' 35"  E
Height : 180 m
License plate : PB
administration
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

  • North MacedoniaNorth Macedonia Strumica , Macedonia, since 2009

sons and daughters of the town

Web links

Commons : Rakowski  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Population by towns and sex. In: nsi.bg. Republic of Bulgaria - National Statistical Institute (NSI), April 12, 2019, accessed May 5, 2019 .