Ruse

Ruse Province, or Rusenska Oblast is a province in northern , named after its main city, , neighbouring via the . It is divided into eight municipalities with a total population, as of February 2011, of 235,252 inhabitants.
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  • Type: oblast of Bulgaria with 190,000 residents
  • Description: oblast of Bulgaria
  • Also known as: BG323”, “Ruse oblast”, “Ruse province”, “Ruse Province”, and “Rusenski Okrŭg

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rock-Hewn Churches of Ivanovo.

Church
The are a group of monolithic churches, and monasteries hewn out of solid rock and completely different from other monastery complexes in , located near the village of , 20 kilometers south of Rousse, on the high rocky banks of the , 32 meters above the river.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shtraklevo and Ivanovo.

Village
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is a village in northern . It is located in municipality of Ivanovo in Rousse. is situated 3½ km northeast of Ruse.

Village
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is a village in northeastern , part of Rousse Province. It is the administrative centre of , which lies in the central part of Rousse Province. is situated 4 km southwest of Ruse.

Ruse

Latitude
43.7° or 43° 42′ north
Longitude
26° east
Population
190,000
Elevation
132 metres (433 feet)
Open location code
8GM8M2X2+X2
Geo­Names ID
727524
Wiki­data ID
Q1251933
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Wu Chinese—“Ruse” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: Provinca Rusje
  • Arabic: مقاطعة روسه
  • Armenian: Ռուսեի մարզ
  • Asturian: Provincia de Ruse
  • Basque: Ruse probintzia
  • Bavarian: Oblast Russe
  • Belarusian: Русенская вобласць
  • Belarusian: Русэнская вобласць
  • Belarusian: Русэнская вобласьць
  • Bengali: রূজ প্রদেশ
  • Bosnian: Oblast Ruse
  • Bulgarian: Област Русе
  • Bulgarian: Областна администрация - Русе
  • Bulgarian: Русе (област)
  • Bulgarian: Русе
  • Bulgarian: Русенска област
  • Bulgarian: Русенско
  • Catalan: Província de Ruse
  • Catalan: Província de Russe
  • Cebuano: Oblast Ruse
  • Central Kurdish: پارێزگای ڕوسێ
  • Chechen: Русен область
  • Chinese: Ruse Chiu
  • Chinese: 魯塞州
  • Chinese: 鲁塞州
  • Chuvash: Русе облаçĕ
  • Crimean Tatar: Ruse vilâyeti
  • Croatian: Oblast Ruse
  • Czech: oblast Ruse
  • Czech: Ruse (oblast)
  • Czech: Rusenská oblast
  • Danish: Ruse (provins)
  • Danish: Ruse
  • Dutch: Roese
  • Egyptian Arabic: مقاطعة روسه
  • Esperanto: Provinco Ruse
  • Estonian: Ruse piirkond
  • Finnish: Rusen alue
  • French: Oblast de Roussé
  • French: Roussé
  • Galician: Provincia de Ruse
  • Georgian: რუსე (ოლქი)
  • Georgian: რუსეს ოლქი
  • German: BG-18
  • German: Oblast Ruse
  • German: Oblast Russe
  • German: Russe
  • Greek: Επαρχία Ρούσε
  • Greek: Ρούσε
  • Gujarati: રુરે પ્રાંત
  • Hebrew: מחוז רוסה
  • Hebrew: רוסה
  • Hindi: रुसे प्रांत
  • Hindi: रूज प्रांत
  • Hungarian: Rusze megye
  • Indonesian: Provinsi ruse
  • Indonesian: Provinsi Ruse
  • Irish: Cúige Ruse
  • Italian: distretto di Ruse
  • Italian: Distretto di Ruse
  • Italian: Ruse (regione)
  • Japanese: ルセ州
  • Kannada: ರೂಸ್ ಪ್ರಾಂತ್ಯ
  • Korean: 루세주
  • Latin: Russe (provincia)
  • Latin: Sexantaprista (provincia)
  • Latin: Sexantaprista
  • Latvian: Ruses apgabals
  • Lithuanian: Rusės sritis
  • Lombard: Distret de Ruse
  • Macedonian: Русе
  • Macedonian: Русенска област
  • Malay: Ruse Province
  • Marathi: रुस प्रांत
  • Min Nan Chinese: Ruse Chiu
  • Mongolian: Русе аймаг
  • Northern Frisian: Ruse
  • Northern Luri: روسه
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Ruse (oblast)
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Ruse oblast
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Provinsen Ruse
  • Norwegian: Ruse oblast
  • Occitan (post 1500): Rosse
  • Ossetian: Русейы облæст
  • Persian: استان روسه
  • Persian: روسه
  • Polish: Obwód Ruse
  • Portuguese: Rousse (província)
  • Portuguese: Ruse (distrito)
  • Portuguese: Ruse (província)
  • Portuguese: Ruse
  • Romanian: Regiunea Ruse
  • Romanian: Ruse
  • Russian: Русенская область
  • Scots: Ruse Province
  • Serbian: Област Русе
  • Serbian: Русенска област
  • Sinhala: රසේ පළාත
  • Sinhala: රුසේ පළාත, බල්ගේරියාව
  • Slovak: Ruse
  • Slovenian: oblast Ruse
  • Slovenian: Oblast Ruse
  • South Azerbaijani: روسه اوستانی
  • Spanish: Distrito de Ruse
  • Spanish: Oblast de Ruse
  • Spanish: Óblast de Ruse
  • Spanish: Provincia de ruse
  • Spanish: Provincia de Ruse
  • Spanish: Ruse
  • Swedish: Ruse
  • Tajik: Вилояти Русе
  • Tamil: ருஸ் மாகாணம்
  • Telugu: రూజ్ ప్రావిన్స్
  • Telugu: రూజ్ రాష్ట్రభాగం
  • Thai: ซินเดอร์
  • Turkish: Rusçuk ili
  • Turkish: Rusçuk
  • Turkish: Ruse ili
  • Ukrainian: Русе (область)
  • Ukrainian: Русенська область
  • Urdu: روسے صوبہ
  • Vietnamese: Rousse (tỉnh)
  • Vietnamese: Ruse (tỉnh)
  • Vietnamese: Ruse
  • Waray (Philippines): Rousse
  • Waray (Philippines): Ruse (lalawigan)
  • Welsh: Talaith Ruse
  • Western Panjabi: صوبہ روسے
  • Wu Chinese: 鲁塞州

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