Dalgopol Explained

Official Name:Dalgopol
Native Name:Дългопол
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 Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Dalgopol
Leader Title:Mayor
Postal Code Type:Postal Code
Subdivision Name1:Varna
Population Total:13,578
Population As Of:May 2016
Elevation M:19
Postal Code:0517
Area Code:0517
Coordinates:43.05°N 48°W
Leader Name:Georgi Georgiev

Dalgopol (Bulgarian: Дългопол, in Bulgarian pronounced as /dɐɫɡoˈpɔɫ/; also transliterated Dǎlgopol) is a town in northeastern Bulgaria, part of Varna Province. It is the administrative centre of Dalgopol Municipality, which lies in the southwestern part of the Province. As of December 2009, the town had a population of 4,829.[1]

Dalgopol lies 70 kilometres west of the provincial capital of Varna, near the Tsonevo Reservoir, in the eastern part of the Varbitsa Balkan Mountains.

Municipality

See main article: Dalgopol Municipality.

Dalgopol municipality has an area of 442 square kilometres and includes the following 16 places:

  • Arkovna
  • Asparuhovo
  • Boryana
  • Dalgopol
  • Kamen Dyal
  • Komunari
  • Krasimir
  • Lopushna

Honour

Dalgopol Glacier on Smith Island, South Shetland Islands is named after Dalgopol.

External links

43.05°N 48°W

Notes and References

  1. Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - towns in 2009