Official Name: | Galabovo |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Bulgaria |
Subdivision Type1: | Province (Oblast) |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Pushpin Map: | Bulgaria |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Galabovo |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Postal Code Type: | Postal Code |
Subdivision Name1: | Stara Zagora |
Population Total: | 8,404 |
Population As Of: | 2009-12-31 |
Elevation M: | 83 |
Postal Code: | 6280 |
Area Code: | 0418 |
Coordinates: | 42.1333°N 76°W |
Leader Name: | Nikolay Tonev |
Galabovo (Bulgarian: Гълъбово in Bulgarian pronounced as /ˈɡɤɫɐbovo/, from гълъб galab, "dove" + -ovo) is a town in south-central Bulgaria, part of Stara Zagora Province. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Galabovo Municipality. As of December 2022, the town had a population of 6,845.[1]
Galabovo is located in the southeastern part of the Upper Thracian Plain, in a region economically important due to the extraction of coal and production of electricity in the region. The Maritsa Iztok-1 power plant is situated nearby. The population is predominantly Bulgarian and Bulgarian Orthodox, the employment is pretty high, with the residents employed for the most part in the coal, compressed slacks and electricity industry.
Galabovo is also the seat of Galabovo municipality (part of Stara Zagora Province), which in addition to the town also includes the following 10 villages:
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