Sliven

Sliven Province is a province in southeastern , named after its administrative and industrial centre—the city of . It has a territory of 3,544.1 km2 that is divided into four municipalities, with a total population, as of December 2009, of 204,887.
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  • Type: oblast of Bulgaria with 171,000 residents
  • Description: oblast of Bulgaria
  • Also known as: BG342”, “Sliven oblast”, “Sliven province”, “Sliven Province”, and “Slivenski Okrŭg

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sliven Prison and Sliven Thermal Power Plant.

Prison

Power station
is a power station, which is situated 4 km east of Sliven.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sliven.

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a city in Central Eastern , under the southern slopes of the . A rocky ridge, the Blue Stones, provides a scenic backdrop for the city.

Sliven

Latitude
42.6667° or 42° 40′ north
Longitude
26.2833° or 26° 17′ east
Population
171,000
Elevation
276 metres (906 feet)
Open location code
8GJ8M78M+M8
Geo­Names ID
864557
Wiki­data ID
Q113120
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Wu Chinese—“Sliven” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: Provinca Sliven
  • Arabic: محافظة اسليون
  • Arabic: مقاطعة اسليون
  • Arabic: مقاطعة سليفن
  • Armenian: Սլիվենի մարզ
  • Basque: Sliven probintzia
  • Belarusian: Слівенская вобласць
  • Belarusian: Сьлівэнская вобласьць
  • Bengali: স্লিভেন প্রদেশ
  • Bosnian: Oblast Sliven
  • Bulgarian: Област Сливен
  • Bulgarian: Областна администрация - Сливен
  • Bulgarian: Сливен (област)
  • Bulgarian: Сливен
  • Bulgarian: Сливенска област
  • Catalan: província de Sliven
  • Catalan: Província de Sliven
  • Cebuano: Oblast Sliven
  • Chechen: Сливенан область
  • Chinese: Sliven Chiu
  • Chinese: 斯利文州
  • Chuvash: Сливен облаçĕ
  • Crimean Tatar: Sliven vilâyeti
  • Croatian: Oblast Sliven
  • Czech: Slivenská oblast
  • Danish: Sliven
  • Dutch: Sliven
  • Esperanto: Provinco Sliven
  • Estonian: Sliveni piirkond
  • Finnish: Slivenin alue
  • French: Sliven
  • Georgian: სლივენის ოლქი
  • German: Oblast Sliwen
  • German: Sliven
  • Greek: Επαρχία Σλίβεν
  • Greek: Σλίβεν
  • Gujarati: સ્લિવેન પ્રાંત
  • Hebrew: מחוז סליבן
  • Hebrew: סליבן
  • Hindi: स्लिवेन प्रांत
  • Hungarian: Szliven megye
  • Indonesian: Provinsi Sliven
  • Irish: Cúige Sliven
  • Italian: distretto di Sliven
  • Italian: Distretto di Sliven
  • Japanese: スリヴェン州
  • Kannada: ಸ್ಲಿವೆನ್ ಪ್ರಾಂತ್ಯ
  • Korean: 슬리벤주
  • Latvian: Slivenas apgabals
  • Lithuanian: Sliveno sritis
  • Lombard: Distret de Sliven
  • Macedonian: Сливен
  • Macedonian: Сливенска област
  • Malay: Sliven Province
  • Marathi: स्लिवेन प्रांत
  • Min Nan Chinese: Sliven Chiu
  • Mongolian: Сливен аймаг
  • Northern Frisian: Sliwen
  • Northern Luri: آستوٙن ئسلیون
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Sliven oblast
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Provinsen Sliven
  • Norwegian: Sliven oblast
  • Occitan (post 1500): Esliven
  • Ossetian: Сливены облæст
  • Persian: استان اسلیون
  • Polish: Obwód Sliwen
  • Portuguese: Sliven
  • Romanian: Regiunea Sliven
  • Romanian: Sliven
  • Russian: Сливенская область
  • Scots: Sliven Province
  • Serbian: Сливенска област
  • Sinhala: ස්ලිවෙන් පළාත, බල්ගේරියාව
  • Sinhala: ස්ලිවෙන් පළාත
  • Slovak: Sliven
  • Slovenian: Oblast Sliven
  • South Azerbaijani: اسلیون اوستانی
  • Spanish: Provincia de Sliven
  • Spanish: Sliven
  • Swedish: Sliven
  • Tajik: Вилояти Сливен
  • Tamil: ஸ்லிவேன் மாகாணம்
  • Telugu: సిల్వెన్ ప్రావిన్స్
  • Telugu: సిల్వెన్ రాష్ట్రభాగం
  • Thai: จังหวัดสลิเวน
  • Turkish: İslimiye ili
  • Turkish: Sliven ili
  • Turkish: Sliven
  • Ukrainian: Сливенська область
  • Urdu: سیلوین صوبہ
  • Vietnamese: Sliven
  • Waray (Philippines): Sliven
  • Welsh: Talaith Sliven
  • Western Panjabi: صوبہ سلیوین
  • Wu Chinese: 斯利文州

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