Valchitran
Sign in to saveValchitran ( ) is a village in Pleven Province, central northern Bulgaria. The Thracian-era Valchitran treasure was discovered nearby.
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- kmetstvo of Bulgaria
- Official name
- Вълчитрън
- Country
- Ottoman Empire
- 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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