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Ihtiman

Ihtiman ( ) is a town in western Bulgaria, part of Sofia Province. It is located in the Ihtiman Valley of the Ihtimanska Sredna Gora mountain range and lies in a valley 48 km from Sofia and 95 km from Plovdiv, close to the Trakiya motorway.

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Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.official_name: Ihtiman
Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.image_skyline: Ihtiman-central-square.jpg
Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.subdivision_name: Bulgaria
Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.subdivision_type1: Province(Oblast)
Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.timezone: EET
Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.utc_offset: +2
Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.timezone_DST: EEST
Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.utc_offset_DST: +3
Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.map_caption: Location of Ihtiman
Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.pushpin_map: Bulgaria#Balkans
Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.pushpin_map_caption: Location of Ihtiman
Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.pushpin_relief: 1
Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.leader_title: Mayor
Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.postal_code_type: Postal Code
Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.subdivision_name1: Sofia Province
Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.population_total: 14525
Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.population_as_of: 13 September 2005

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Climate
Municipality
Twin-towns
Notes
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Formerly a Roman defensive station guarding the important roads to the Bosphorus, Ihtiman was then called Stipon. It continued to play this role under the Byzantine Empire and later under the First and Second Bulgarian Empires, with the main defensive centre in the region of the Gate of Trajan hill pass. In 986 the Bulgarian Emperor Samuel dealt a crushing defeat on the Byzantines in the battle of the Gates of Trajan.