Official Name: | Belovo |
Native Name: | Белово |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Bulgaria |
Subdivision Type1: | Provinces (Oblast) |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Pushpin Map: | Bulgaria |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Belovo, Bulgaria |
Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Postal Code Type: | Postal Code |
Subdivision Name1: | Pazardzhik |
Population Total: | 3966 |
Population As Of: | 15.12.2006 |
Elevation M: | 320 |
Postal Code: | 4470 |
Area Code: | 03581 |
Coordinates: | 42.2167°N 24°W |
Leader Name: | Kostaden Varev |
Belovo (Bulgarian: Белово in Bulgarian pronounced as /ˈbɛɫovo/) is a town in South West Bulgaria. It is the seat of Belovo Municipality. It is located in Pazardzhik Province, where the Yadenitsa flows into the Maritsa river, at the foot of three mountain ranges (Rila, Rhodopes and Sredna Gora), on the western end of the Thracian Plain.
Belovo town as a municipal center is surrounded by the villages of Akandzhievo, Gabrovitsa, Golyamo Belovo, Dabravite, Menekyovo, Momina Klisura, and Sestrimo.
With the construction of the railway line Istanbul — Belovo by Baron Hirsch's company in 1873, Belovo become the most important center of wood and wood processing in the Balkans during the 18th century. Today the international road and the railway from West Europe through Belgrade and Sofia to Istanbul are passing through the town. The Belovo paper mill produces toilet paper and other disposable paper products.
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Bulgaria.
Belovo is twinned with: