Pleven

Pleven is a city in , a major economic and industrial hub. The 1877 Siege of Pleven was one of the key battles of Bulgaria's Liberation War, and it's commemorated in various ways throughout the city, most notably by the Pleven Panorama.
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  • Type: City with 112,000 residents
  • Description: city in Pleven municipality, Pleven oblast, Bulgaria
  • Also known as: “Nicolaevo”, “Plevno”, “Plewna”, “Plyeven”, “Πλέβνα”, “Πλεύνα”, “ГР.ПЛЕВЕН”, “Плевнæ”, “Плевна”, “Плеўна”, “პლევანი”, “Պլեվեն”, and “Պլևնա”
  • Postal code: 5800

Places of Interest

Highlights: Panorama and Regional Museum of History.

Museum
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Pleven Epopee 1877, more commonly known as Pleven…

Museum
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The Pleven Regional Historical Museum, founded in 1953, is one of the largest museums in .

Pitch
Stadion Pleven is a multi-purpose stadium in Pleven, .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bukovluk.

Village
Bukovlak is a village in Bulgaria.

Pleven

Latitude
43.409° or 43° 24′ 33″ north
Longitude
24.618° or 24° 37′ 5″ east
Population
112,000
Elevation
89 metres (292 feet)
UN/LOCODE
BG PVN
Open location code
8GM6CJ59+J6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 31058183
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
728203
Wiki­data ID
Q165420
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In Other Languages

From Akan to Yue Chinese—“Pleven” goes by many names.
  • Akan: “Pleven”
  • Albanian: “Pleven”
  • Amharic: “ፕሌቬን”
  • Arabic: “بلفن”
  • Armenian: “Պլևեն”
  • Asturian: “Pleven”
  • Azerbaijani: “Pleven”
  • Basque: “Pleven”
  • Belarusian: “Плевен”
  • Belarusian: “Плевэн”
  • Bengali: “প্লেভেন”
  • Breton: “Pleven”
  • Bulgarian: “Плевен”
  • Catalan: “Pleven”
  • Cebuano: “Pleven (kapital sa rehiyon sa Bulgaria)”
  • Cebuano: “Pleven”
  • Central Kurdish: “پلێڤێن”
  • Chechen: “Плевен”
  • Chinese: “普列文”
  • Church Slavic: “Плѣвьнъ”
  • Croatian: “Pleven”
  • Czech: “Pleven”
  • Danish: “Pleven”
  • Dutch: “Pleven”
  • Esperanto: “Pleven”
  • Estonian: “Pleven”
  • Finnish: “Pleven”
  • French: “Pleven”
  • Galician: “Pleven”
  • Georgian: “პლევენი”
  • German: “Pleven”
  • German: “Plewen”
  • Greek: “Πλέβεν”
  • Gujarati: “પ્લેવેન”
  • Hausa: “Pleven”
  • Hebrew: “פלבן”
  • Hindi: “प्लेवेन”
  • Hungarian: “Pleven”
  • Ido: “Pleven”
  • Indonesian: “Pleven”
  • Irish: “Pleven”
  • Italian: “Pleven”
  • Japanese: “プレヴェン”
  • Javanese: “Pleven”
  • Kannada: “ಪ್ಲೆವೆನ್”
  • Kazakh: “Pleven”
  • Kazakh: “Плевен”
  • Kazakh: “پلەۆەن”
  • Kirghiz: “Плевен”
  • Korean: “플레벤”
  • Latvian: “Plevena”
  • Lithuanian: “Plevenas”
  • Lombard: “Pleven”
  • Luxembourgish: “Plewen”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Plevna”
  • Macedonian: “Плевен”
  • Malay: “Pleven”
  • Marathi: “प्लीव्हन”
  • Moksha: “Плэвэн”
  • Mongolian: “Плевен”
  • Northern Frisian: “Plewen (Steed)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Plewen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Pleven”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Pleven”
  • Norwegian: “Pleven”
  • Oromo: “Pleven”
  • Ossetian: “Плевен”
  • Panjabi: “ਪ੍ਲੇਵੇਨ”
  • Persian: “پلون (بلغارستان)”
  • Persian: “پلون”
  • Piemontese: “Pleven”
  • Polish: “Plewen”
  • Portuguese: “Pleven”
  • Pushto: “پلوین”
  • Romanian: “Plevna”
  • Russian: “Плевен”
  • Scots: “Pleven”
  • Serbian: “Pleven”
  • Serbian: “Плевен”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Pleven”
  • Sinhala: “ප්ලෙවෙන්, බල්ගේරියාව”
  • Sinhala: “ප්ලේව්න්”
  • Slovak: “Pleven”
  • Slovenian: “Pleven”
  • Somali: “Pleven”
  • South Azerbaijani: “پلون”
  • Spanish: “Pleven”
  • Standard Moroccan Tamazight: “ⴱⵍⵉⴼⵏ”
  • Swahili: “Pleven”
  • Swedish: “Pleven”
  • Tachelhit: “Plivn”
  • Tajik: “Плевен”
  • Tamil: “பிலிவெண்”
  • Tatar: “Плевен”
  • Telugu: “ప్లెవెన్”
  • Thai: “เปลเวน”
  • Thai: “พลีเวน”
  • Turkish: “Plevne”
  • Turkmen: “Plewen”
  • Ukrainian: “Плевен”
  • Urdu: “پلیوین”
  • Uzbek: “Pleven (Bolgariya)”
  • Uzbek: “Pleven”
  • Venetian: “Pleven”
  • Veps: “Pleven”
  • Vietnamese: “Pleven”
  • Vlax Romani: “Pleven”
  • Volapük: “Pleven”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Pleven”
  • Welsh: “Pleven”
  • Western Panjabi: “پلیوین”
  • Wu Chinese: “普列文”
  • Yue Chinese: “普列文”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Pleven City Centre and 9-ti kvartal.

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