Plovdiv

Plovdiv is in , . Plovdiv is situated nearby to the suburb , as well as near the locality .
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  • Type: municipality of Bulgaria with 347,000 residents
  • Description: municipality in Plovdiv oblast, Bulgaria
  • Also known as: “Gradska Obshtina Plovdiv”, “Plovdiv municipality”, and “Plovdivska Gradska Obshtina”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Roman theatre of Philippopolis and Ethnographic Museum.

Archaeological site
Photo: Edal, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is one of the world's best-preserved ancient Roman theatres, located in the city center of modern , , once the ancient city of Philippopolis.

Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.
The Plovdiv Regional is a museum of ethnography in , . Since 1938, it has occupied the 1847 house of the merchant, Argir Kuyumdzhioglu, in the city's Old Town.

Mosque
Photo: John Burkov, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Dzhumaya Mosque, also known as the Friday Mosque, is a located in , in the of . Located in the centre of Plovdiv, the mosque was built in 1363–1364 on the site of the Sveta Petka Tarnovska Cathedral Church after the conquest of Plovdiv by the Ottoman army.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Plovdiv and Old Plovdiv.

Photo: Ilia Markov, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a city in Central-South , the second-largest in the country and one of the oldest cities in . Due to the remnants of its colourful past, it's one of the most popular tourist destinations in Bulgaria.

Suburb
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The old town in Plovdiv is an architectural and historical reserve located on three of 's hills: , Dzhambaz Tepe and Taksim Tepe. The complex has been formed as a result of the long sequence of habitation from prehistoric times to present day and combines the culture and architecture from Antiquity, Middle Ages and Bulgarian revival.

Suburb
is a district of the Bulgarian city of and the most populous predominantly Romani-inhabited district on the with a population of about 40,000 people.

Plovdiv

Latitude
42.15° or 42° 9′ north
Longitude
24.75° or 24° 45′ east
Population
347,000
Elevation
169 metres (554 feet)
Open location code
8GJ65Q22+22
Geo­Names ID
728192
Wiki­data ID
Q4365146
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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Welsh—“Plovdiv” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “Плоўдзіў”
  • Bulgarian: “Община Пловдив”
  • Bulgarian: “Общинска администрация - Пловдив”
  • Bulgarian: “Пловдив (община)”
  • Bulgarian: “Пловдив”
  • Catalan: “Plovdiv”
  • Cebuano: “Obshtina Plovdiv”
  • Chinese: “Plovdiv Koān”
  • Chinese: “普罗夫迪夫市镇”
  • Chinese: “普羅夫迪夫市鎮”
  • Czech: “Obština Plovdiv”
  • French: “Plovdiv”
  • Georgian: “პლოვდივის თემი”
  • German: “Plowdiw”
  • Greek: “Δήμος Φιλιππούπολης”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Plovdiv Koān”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Plovdiv”
  • Polish: “Gmina Płowdiw”
  • Polish: “Płowdiw”
  • Romanian: “Comuna Plovdiv, Plovdiv”
  • Romanian: “Comuna Plovdiv”
  • Russian: “Община Пловдив”
  • Russian: “Пловдив”
  • Slovak: “Plovdiv”
  • Swedish: “Plovdiv”
  • Turkish: “Filibe belediyesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Пловдив”
  • Vietnamese: “Plovdiv (đô thị)”
  • Vietnamese: “Plovdiv”
  • Welsh: “Bwrdeistref Plovdiv”

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Localities in the Area

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