Pordim

Pordim ( ) is a town in Pleven Province in central northern Bulgaria and the administrative centre of Pordim Municipality. The town is 155 metres above sea level in the Danubian Plain. In December 2009 the population was 2,117.

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Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.official_name: Pordim
Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.native_name: Пордим
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: Provinces(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 Pordim
Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.pushpin_map: Bulgaria
Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.pushpin_map_caption: Location of Pordim
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 >.image_skyline: Museum pordim.jpg
Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.image_caption: Pordim Museum house “His Royal Majesty Carol I”
Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.subdivision_name1: Pleven
Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.population_total: 2,117

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Official name: Пордим
Population: 1559
Area: 47.231
Elevation: 155
Image: Museum pordim.jpg

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Commons category: Pordim
postal code: 5898

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Pordim is thought to be the site of the first ever telephone connection in Bulgaria, during the siege of Plevna of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–78. It linked Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia with Prince Carol I of Romania.