Kalipetrovo

Kalipetrovo, previously named Stanchevo, is a village located in in north-eastern . Its area is 48.574 kilometers squared, making it the second largest village in the district.
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  • Type: Village with 3,200 residents
  • Description: village in Silistra municipality, Silistra oblast, Bulgaria
  • Also known as: Calipetrova”, “Petrovo”, and “Stanchevo
  • Postal code: 7539

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mezhidi Tabia Fortress.

The Medjidi Tabia Fortress is a fortress from the 1840s and early 1850s. The fortress was built in the period 1841-1853 according to the plans of the German military engineer Helmut von Moltke who visited Silistra in 1837. is situated 3 km northeast of Kalipetrovo.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Silistra and Aydemir.

Photo: Georgi Genchev, Public domain.
is a city on the in , in the corner where the short land border between and Bulgaria meets the river. Nearby is the Srebarna Nature Reserve, a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Village
is a village in northeastern , part of , . had 5711 inhabitants in 2016, down from 9095 short after the fall of communism in 1992. is situated 6 km west of Kalipetrovo.

Village
Sratsimir has been a settlement since 1830. Its population comes from the villages in Ludogorie after the signing of the Treaty of Adrianople. The settlers were tricked by the Russian authorities into settling in , but on the way they found that there were many free and rich lands with chernozem in the area. is situated 10 km southeast of Kalipetrovo.

Kalipetrovo

Latitude
44.0794° or 44° 4′ 46″ north
Longitude
27.23676° or 27° 14′ 12″ east
Population
3,200
Elevation
92 metres (302 feet)
United Nations Location Code
BG KAV
Open location code
8GP936HP+QP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 273877309
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
730752
Wiki­data ID
Q2017089
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Ukrainian—“Kalipetrovo” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: Калипетрово
  • Bulgarian: С.КАЛИПЕТРОВО
  • Cebuano: Kalipetrovo
  • Chechen: Калипетрово
  • Chinese: Kalipetrovo
  • Dutch: Kalipetrovo
  • French: Kalipetrovo
  • Kazakh: Kalïpetrovo
  • Kazakh: Калипетрово
  • Kazakh: كالىيپەتروۆو
  • Min Nan Chinese: Kalipetrovo
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Kalipetrovo
  • Persian: کالیپترووو
  • Polish: Kalipetrowo
  • Romanian: Kalipetrovo, Silistra
  • Romanian: Kalipetrovo
  • Russian: Калипетрово
  • Swedish: Kalipetrovo
  • Tatar: Калипетрово
  • Turkish: Kalipetrovo (Bulgaristan)
  • Turkish: Kalipetrovo, Bulgaristan
  • Turkish: Kalipetrovo
  • Ukrainian: Каліпетрово

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