Botevgrad
Botevgrad is a town in western Bulgaria. It is located in Sofia Province and is close to Pravets. Botevgrad lies 47 km from Sofia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 21,200 residents
- Description: city in Botevgrad municipality, Sofia oblast, Bulgaria
- Also known as: “Samundzhievo”
- Historically known as: “Orchanie”, “Orhanie”, “Orhanje”, and “Orkhanie”
- Postal code: 2140
Places of Interest
Highlights include Clock Tower and Monument to the Unknown Soldier.
Clock Tower
Photo: Svik, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Clock tower of Botevgrad is the symbol of the town and a part of 100 Tourist Sites of Bulgaria. Its clock mechanism still rings every hour with a respective number of bell rings based on the current hour. It was constructed in 1866.
Monument to the Unknown Soldier
Memorial
Photo: Exonie, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Monument to the Unknown Soldier, is a military monument situated at the Unknown Warrior Square in the town of Botevgrad, Bulgaria. It was inaugurated on 20 October 1929 in memory of the 39 officers and soldiers from Botevgrad who died in the First Balkan War, the Second Balkan War and World War I.
Stadion Hristo Botev
Stadium
Hristo Botev is a football stadium in Botevgrad, Bulgaria. This is the club stadium of PFC Balkan Botevgrad. The capacity of the stadium is 8,000 seats. The seats are colored in green and white.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Trudovets and Vrachesh.
Trudovets
Village
Photo: Spiritia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Trudovets is a village, which is situated 4 km east of Botevgrad.
Vrachesh
Village
Photo: MrPanyGoff, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Vrachesh is a village, which is situated 4 km southwest of Botevgrad.
Skravena
Village
Photo: Zlatanov, Public domain.
Skravena is a village, which is situated 5 km north of Botevgrad.
Botevgrad
- Categories: municipality seat, city in Bulgaria, and locality
- Location: Botevgrad, Sofia Province, Bulgaria, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
42.90785° or 42° 54′ 28″ northLongitude
23.79295° or 23° 47′ 35″ eastPopulation
21,200Elevation
385 metres (1,263 feet)United Nations Location Code
BG BRFOpen location code
8GJ5WQ5V+45OpenStreetMap ID
node 273488848OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Waray—“Botevgrad” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Botevgrad”
- Arabic: “الأرخانية”
- Arabic: “الأُرْخَانِيَّةُ”
- Arabic: “بوتفغراد”
- Armenian: “Բոտևգրադ”
- Azerbaijani: “Botevqrad”
- Bashkir: “Ботевград”
- Belarusian: “Боцеўград”
- Bulgarian: “Ботевград”
- Bulgarian: “ГР.БОТЕВГРАД”
- Bulgarian: “Зелин”
- Bulgarian: “Орхание”
- Bulgarian: “Самунджиево”
- Catalan: “Botevgrad”
- Cebuano: “Botevgrad”
- Central Kurdish: “بۆتێڤگراد”
- Chinese: “博泰夫格勒”
- Church Slavic: “Ботєвъ Градъ”
- Croatian: “Botevgrad”
- Czech: “Botevgrad”
- Dutch: “Botevgrad”
- Erzya: “Ботевград”
- Esperanto: “Botevgrad”
- Estonian: “Botevgrad”
- French: “Botevgrad”
- French: “Orhanié”
- Georgian: “ბოტევგრადი”
- German: “Botewgrad”
- German: “Gemeinde Botewgrad”
- German: “Orchanie”
- Greek: “Μπότεβγκραντ”
- Hebrew: “בוטבגרד”
- Hungarian: “Botevgrad”
- Irish: “Botevgrad”
- Italian: “Botevgrad”
- Japanese: “ボテヴグラト”
- Kazakh: “Botevgrad”
- Kazakh: “Ботевград”
- Kazakh: “بوتەۆگراد”
- Korean: “보테브그라드”
- Latvian: “Botevgrada”
- Lithuanian: “Botevgradas”
- Macedo-Romanian: “Botevgrad”
- Macedonian: “Ботевград”
- Macedonian: “Самунџиево”
- Ossetian: “Ботевград”
- Persian: “بوتفگراد”
- Polish: “Botevgrad”
- Polish: “Botewgrad”
- Polish: “Orchanie”
- Polish: “Orhanie”
- Portuguese: “Botevgrad”
- Romanian: “Botevgrad, Bulgaria”
- Romanian: “Botevgrad”
- Russian: “Ботевград”
- Russian: “Орхание”
- Russian: “Орханиэ”
- Serbian: “Botevgrad”
- Serbian: “Ботевград”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Botevgrad”
- Slovak: “Botevgrad”
- Slovenian: “Botevgrad”
- South Azerbaijani: “بوتوگراد”
- Spanish: “Botevgrad”
- Swedish: “Botevgrad”
- Tatar: “Ботевград”
- Turkish: “Botevgrad”
- Turkish: “Orhaniye”
- Ukrainian: “Ботевград”
- Vietnamese: “Botevgrad”
- Waray (Philippines): “Botevgrad”
- “Botevgrad”
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