Malko Tarnovo

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Malko Tarnovo
Малко Търново
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Malko Tarnovo
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Coordinates: 41°59′N27°32′E / 41.983°N 27.533°E / 41.983; 27.533 Coordinates: 41°59′N27°32′E / 41.983°N 27.533°E / 41.983; 27.533
Country Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
Province
(Oblast)		 Burgas
Government
 • MayorIliyan Yanchev
Elevation
348 m (1,142 ft)
Population
 (December 2009) [1]
 • Total2,449
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code
8350
Area code(s) 05952

Malko Tarnovo (Bulgarian : Малко Търново [ˈmaɫko ˈtɤrnovo] , "Little Tarnovo"; as opposed to Veliko Tarnovo) is a town in Burgas Province, southeastern Bulgaria, 5 km from the Turkish border. It is the only town in the interior of the Bulgarian Strandzha Mountains and lies in Strandzha Nature Park. Malko Tarnovo is the administrative centre of the homonymous Malko Tarnovo Municipality. As of December 2009, the town had 2,449 inhabitants. [1]

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Historic buildings in Malko Tarnovo Malko Turnovo Museum.JPG
Historic buildings in Malko Tarnovo

Christianity is the dominant religion in the town, where an Eastern Orthodox and an Eastern Rite Catholic church exist. According to Lyubomir Miletich's demographic survey of the Ottoman province of Edirne in The Destruction of Thracian Bulgarians in 1913 , published in 1918, before the wars Malko Tarnovo was a district centre inhabited by 1,200 Bulgarian Exarchist families and 80 Eastern Catholic Bulgarian families. [2]

Before the Balkan Wars (1912–1913), Malko Tarnovo was a township ( kaza ) of the Kırklareli sanjak in Edirne vilayet as "Tırnovacık" that was ceded to Bulgaria following the wars.

Since 25 October 1913, it has been within the borders of Bulgaria.

Municipality

Malko Tarnovo is the seat of Malko Tarnovo municipality, part of Burgas Province. It includes the following 14 localities:

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References

  1. 1 2 (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - towns in 2009 Archived 2010-11-13 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ Милетичъ, Любомир (1918). "Статистиченъ прѣгледъ на българското население въ Одринския виляетъ". Разорението на тракийскитѣ българи презъ 1913 година (in Bulgarian). София: Българска академия на науките. p. 298. Retrieved 2008-09-06.


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