Velingrad
Sign in to saveVelingrad ( ) is a town in Pazardzhik Province, Southern Bulgaria, located at the western end of Chepino Valley, part of the Rhodope Mountains. It is the administrative center of the homonymous Velingrad Municipality and one of the most popular Bulgarian balneological resorts. The town has a population of 22,602 inhabitants according to the 2011 census of Velingrad.
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- Velingrad in mid-June 2008
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23 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- Hydrography
- Districts
- Chepino
- Ladzhene
- Kamenitsa
- Economy and infrastructure
- Economy
- Transport
- Demographics
- Population
- Religion
- Culture, education and architecture
- Balneology and tourism
- Landmarks
- Kleptuza
- Velingrad History Museum
- Sports
- Honour
- Notable people
- References
- External links
Velingrad ( ) is a town in Pazardzhik Province, Southern Bulgaria, located at the western end of Chepino Valley, part of the Rhodope Mountains. It is the administrative center of the homonymous Velingrad Municipality and one of the most popular Bulgarian balneological resorts. The town has a population of 22,602 inhabitants according to the 2011 census of Velingrad.
==History== thumb|The church of the Dormition of the Mother of God thumb|Velingrad from the air The cultural layers give grounds to claim that the Chepino region was inhabited by Thracian tribes in the 6th-5th century BC. The ancient historians Herodotus and Thucydides provide written records of this era.