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Stara Zagora
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city in Stara Zagora municipality, Stara Zagora oblast, Bulgaria
Stara Zagora is a city located in central Bulgaria, serving as the administrative center of Stara Zagora municipality and oblast (province). It is an important regional hub in Bulgarian geography and governance.
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- زغرۂ عتيق
- Country
- Ottoman Empire
- Located in
- Stara Zagora
- Official language
- Bulgarian
- Population
- 121249
- Area
- 85.786
- Elevation
- 196
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Capital of
- Stara Zagora
- Official website
- www.starazagora.bg
- Image
- Samarsko Zname Panorama.jpg
- Dialing code
- 042
- Licence plate code
- СТ
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- twinned administrative body
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- Commons category
- Stara Zagora
- topic's main category
- Category:Stara Zagora
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Stara Zagora
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Stara Zagora
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- category for people who died here
- Category:Deaths in Stara Zagora
- postal code
- 6000
- native label
- Стара Загора
- replaces
- Augusta Traiana
- P8168
- Artur Pappenheim
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Bulgaria
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Encyclopedic overview
Stara Zagora (Bulgarian: Стара Загора, pronounced [ˈstarɐ zɐˈɡɔrɐ]) is a city in Bulgaria, and the administrative capital of Stara Zagora Province. It is located in the Upper Thracian Plain, near the cities of Kazanlak, Plovdiv, and Sliven. Its population is 121,582 making it the fifth largest city of Bulgaria.
The city has had different names previously, including Beroe, Borui, Irenepolis, Eski Zagra, Augusta Traiana, etc. The earliest traces of civilisation date back to the 7th millennium BC. Some scholars believe that the ancient Thracian city of Beroe was located on the present site of Stara Zagora. In 1968, Neolithic dwellings from the mid-6th millennium BC were discovered in the town, which are the best preserved and richest collection in Europe of its kind and have been turned into a museum.
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