Southern district
Southern district is one of the six districts of Plovdiv in southern Bulgaria. It has a population of 79,330. The district includes the so-called "Küçük Paris", Belomorski and Ostromila quarters and Komatevo.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Plovdid Central Station and Roman theatre of Philippopolis.
Plovdid Central Station
Railway station
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Plovdiv Central Railway Station is the main railway station serving the city and municipality of Plovdiv, the second most populous city in Bulgaria.
Roman theatre of Philippopolis
Theater building
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The Roman theatre of Philippopolis is one of the world's best-preserved ancient Roman theatres, located in the city center of modern Plovdiv, Bulgaria, once the ancient city of Philippopolis. Roman theatre of Philippopolis is situated 3½ km northeast of Southern district.
Episcopal Basilica of Philippopolis
Museum
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The Bishop's Basilica of Philippopolis, also known as the Great Basilica, is a ruined church from the ancient city of Philippopolis in Plovdiv and built in the mid-4th century AD.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Plovdiv and Old Plovdiv.
Plovdiv
Photo: Ilia Markov, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Plovdiv is a city in Central-South Bulgaria, the second-largest in the country and one of the oldest cities in Europe. Due to the remnants of its colourful past, it's one of the most popular tourist destinations in Bulgaria.
Old Plovdiv
Suburb
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The old town in Plovdiv is an architectural and historical reserve located on three of Plovdiv's hills: Nebet Tepe, 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. Old Plovdiv is situated 4 km northeast of Southern district.
Komatevo
Suburb
Komatevo is a neighbourhood of the city of Plovdiv, southern Bulgaria. It has 6,500 inhabitants. Komatevo was a village up to 1969 when it was incorporated into Plovdiv together with Proslav.
Southern district
- Type: Suburb
- Also known as: “Southern district, Plovdiv”
- Categories: municipal district of Bulgaria and locality
- Location: Plovdiv, Bulgaria, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
42.1195° or 42° 7′ 10″ northLongitude
24.7305° or 24° 43′ 50″ eastElevation
167 metres (548 feet)Open location code
8GJ64P9J+R6OpenStreetMap ID
node 3161747807OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Swedish—“Southern district” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Кичук Париж”
- Bulgarian: “Кючук Париж”
- Bulgarian: “Районна администрация - Южен”
- Bulgarian: “Южен (район на Пловдив)”
- Bulgarian: “Южен”
- Cebuano: “Juzhen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Juzjen”
- Swedish: “Juzjen”
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