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Targovishte

Targovishte

Targovishte is a city in , on the border between the Danube Plain and the foothills of the . A relatively green and quiet provincial city that sees few international tourists, it can be a pleasant rest stop when travelling.
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  • Type: City with 39,600 residents
  • Description: city in Targovishte municipality, Targovishte oblast, Bulgaria
  • Also known as: “Eski Djoumaïa”, “Eski Dschumaja”, “Eski Dzhumaya”, “Eski Džuma”, “Eski Džumaja”, “Eski Dzumaya”, “Tărgowischte”, “Trgovishte”, “Tŭrgovishte”, and “Tŭrgovište”
  • Postal code: 7700

Places of Interest

Highlights include Saint John of Rila and Hristo Botev Primary School.

Church
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St. John of Rila Church is an Eastern Orthodox church building in Targovishte, . It is named after the Bulgarian who was the first Bulgarian hermit. The building is in the north of the town center, near the central market-place.

School
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Hristo Botev School is a comprehensive school in the town of Targovishte in the , . Named after the Bulgarian poet and revolutionary Hristo Botev, the school is among the oldest ones in the town and province.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Razboyna and Davidovo.

Village
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is a village in the northeastern part of in Targovishte Municipality, . is at the northern foot of the Preslav Mountain just by the ring road of Targovishte.

Village
is a village in . The village is \ in Targovishte Municipality, Targovishte Province. Аccording to the numbers provided by the 2020 Bulgarian census, currently has a population of 500 people with a permanent address registered in the settlement.

Targovishte

Latitude
43.2512° or 43° 15′ 4″ north
Longitude
26.5728° or 26° 34′ 22″ east
Population
39,600
Elevation
186 metres (610 feet)
IATA airport code
TGV
United Nations Location Code
BG TGV
Open location code
8GM87H2F+F4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 31058192
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
726174
Wiki­data ID
Q185114
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Targovishte” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Targovishta”
  • Albanian: “Tërgovishçe”
  • Arabic: “تارغوفيشته”
  • Armenian: “Տարգովիշտե”
  • Azerbaijani: “Tarqovişte”
  • Basque: “Targovixte”
  • Belarusian: “Тырговіштэ”
  • Bengali: “টারগোভিস্তে”
  • Bosnian: “Trgovište”
  • Bulgarian: “ГР.ТЪРГОВИЩЕ”
  • Bulgarian: “Ески Джумая”
  • Bulgarian: “Търговище”
  • Catalan: “Tărgovište”
  • Catalan: “Targòvixte”
  • Cebuano: “Targovishte”
  • Central Kurdish: “تارگۆڤیشتێ، بولگاریا”
  • Chechen: “Тырговиште (гӀала, Болгари)”
  • Chechen: “Тырговиште”
  • Chinese: “特尔戈维什特”
  • Chinese: “特爾戈維什特”
  • Church Slavic: “Тръговищє”
  • Croatian: “Trgovište”
  • Czech: “Targovište”
  • Czech: “Targoviště”
  • Czech: “Tărgovište”
  • Czech: “Trhoviště”
  • Danish: “Targovishte”
  • Dutch: “Eski Cuma”
  • Dutch: “Targovisjte”
  • Dutch: “Търговище”
  • Esperanto: “Targoviŝte”
  • Estonian: “Targovište”
  • Estonian: “Tǎrgovište”
  • Finnish: “Targovishte”
  • Finnish: “Targovište”
  • Finnish: “Tărgovište”
  • French: “Targovichte”
  • French: “Targovichté”
  • Georgian: “ტირგოვიშტე”
  • German: “Targowischte”
  • Greek: “Ταργκόβιστε”
  • Gujarati: “ટર્ગોવિષ્ઠ”
  • Hebrew: “טרגובישטה”
  • Hindi: “तारगोविशते”
  • Hungarian: “Targoviste”
  • Indonesian: “Targovishte”
  • Irish: “Targovishte”
  • Italian: “Targovishte”
  • Italian: “Tărgovište”
  • Japanese: “トゥルゴヴィシテ”
  • Kannada: “ತಾರ್ಗೋವಿಷ್ಟೆ”
  • Kazakh: “Tırgovïşte”
  • Kazakh: “Тырговиште (Тырговище облысы)”
  • Kazakh: “Тырговиште”
  • Kazakh: “تىرگوۆىيشتە”
  • Korean: “타르고비슈테”
  • Korean: “터르고비슈테”
  • Korean: “투르고비슈테”
  • Latvian: “Targovište”
  • Lithuanian: “Tergovištė”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Târgoviște”
  • Macedonian: “Трговиште”
  • Malay: “Targovishte”
  • Marathi: “टर्गोविष्ठ”
  • Nepali: “तार्गोभिस्टे”
  • Northern Frisian: “Tergowischte (Steed)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Tergowischte”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Targovishte”
  • Ossetian: “Тырговиште”
  • Persian: “ترگوویشته، بلغارستان”
  • Polish: “Targowicze”
  • Polish: “Tyrgowiszte”
  • Portuguese: “Targovishte”
  • Portuguese: “Tărgovište”
  • Portuguese: “Turgovishte”
  • Romanian: “Targovishte”
  • Romanian: “Tărgoviște, Bulgaria”
  • Romanian: “Tărgoviște”
  • Romanian: “Târgovişte”
  • Romanian: “Târgoviște”
  • Russian: “Тырговиште”
  • Scots: “Targovishte”
  • Serbian: “Trgovište”
  • Serbian: “Трговиште”
  • Serbian: “Търговище”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Trgovište”
  • Sinhala: “ටාගොවිශ්ටේ”
  • Slovak: “Tărgovište”
  • Slovenian: “Targovište”
  • Slovenian: “Trgovište, Bolgarija”
  • Slovenian: “Trgovište”
  • South Azerbaijani: “تارگویشت”
  • Spanish: “Targovishte”
  • Spanish: “Targóvishte”
  • Spanish: “Targovište”
  • Spanish: “Tărgoviste”
  • Spanish: “Tărgovište”
  • Swedish: “Targovishte”
  • Tamil: “டார்கோவிஷ்ட”
  • Tatar: “Тырговиште”
  • Telugu: “తర్గోవిశ్తే”
  • Thai: “ทอร์กอวีชเต”
  • Thai: “ทาโกวิชเต้”
  • Turkish: “Eski Cuma”
  • Turkish: “Eskicuma”
  • Turkish: “Targovişte”
  • Turkish: “Târgovişte”
  • Turkish: “Tırgovişte”
  • Ukrainian: “Тирговиште”
  • Urdu: “ترگوویشتے”
  • Vietnamese: “Targovishte”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Targovishte”
  • Western Panjabi: “ترگوڡیشتے”
  • Western Panjabi: “ترگوویشتے ،بلغاریہ”
  • “Târgoviște”

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