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Valchitran ( ) is a village in Pleven Province, central northern Bulgaria. The Thracian-era Valchitran treasure was discovered nearby.

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Instance of
kmetstvo of Bulgaria
Official name
Вълчитрън
Located in
Pordim
Population
758
Area
53.807
Elevation
176
Time zone
UTC+02:00
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postal code
5890
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WikiProject Bulgaria
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Valchitran ( ) is a village in Pleven Province, central northern Bulgaria. The Thracian-era Valchitran treasure was discovered nearby.

Valchitran has Nikita Khrushchev as an honorary citizen. Khrushchev was on his way to Sofia in a plane, when the plane experienced technical difficulties and had to land in Kamenetz, Pleven Oblast, a small town nearby which had a military airfield. Khrushchev had to pass through Valchitran in order to get to Sofia.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Valchitran” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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