Pancharevo District
Sign in to savePancharevo (, , also transcribed as Pančarevo) is a district located on the outskirts of the Bulgarian capital Sofia and occupies the southeastern part of the Capital Municipality. Geographically, it lies partially in the Sofia Valley and the mountain ranges of Vitosha, Plana and Lozenska, a division of Sredna Gora. the village has 3,433 inhabitants, but the district has about 28,000 inhabitants. It is the largest region in Sofia with a total area of . It includes the largest artificial lake in Bulgaria, the Iskar Reservoir, as well as Lake Pancharevo and Pasarel Reservoir, located along the r
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- Pancharevo
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- Панчарево
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- Pancharevo and the lake, viewed from the air
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- Province(Oblast)
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- Sofia City
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- Mayor
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- Nikolay Gyurov
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- Named as "Pancharevo"
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- 16th century
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- EET
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- Location of Pancharevo in Bulgaria
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- Location of Pancharevo
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- 3,433
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Pancharevo (, , also transcribed as Pančarevo) is a district located on the outskirts of the Bulgarian capital Sofia and occupies the southeastern part of the Capital Municipality. Geographically, it lies partially in the Sofia Valley and the mountain ranges of Vitosha, Plana and Lozenska, a division of Sredna Gora. the village has 3,433 inhabitants, but the district has about 28,000 inhabitants. It is the largest region in Sofia with a total area of . It includes the largest artificial lake in Bulgaria, the Iskar Reservoir, as well as Lake Pancharevo and Pasarel Reservoir, located along the river Iskar in the Pancharevo Gorge. The district consists of 10 villages, with the village of Pancharevo serving as the district seat: Bistritsa Dolni Pasarel German Kazichene Kokalyane Krivina Lozen Pancharevo Plana Zheleznitsa
thumb|left|Pancharevo Lake thumb|left|Village of Pancharevo The district offers excellent conditions for relaxation and tourism for the citizens of the capital. The large dams are used for water sports, fishing, camping and boat trips. There are many historical sights from the Middle Ages which include the ruins of the Urvich fortress which was the site of a desperate and unsuccessful battle against the Turkish invaders in the late 14th century during the Bulgarian–Ottoman wars. There are many monasteries and chapels, of which some lie in ruins since the fall of the Second Bulgarian Empire.