Ivanovo, Ruse Province Explained

Official Name:Ivanovo
Native Name:Иваново
Pushpin Map:Bulgaria
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Ivanovo
Coordinates:43.7°N 84°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Provinces
(Oblast)
Subdivision Name1:Rousse
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Danka Mateeva
Elevation M:45
Population Total:921
Population Footnotes:http://grao.bg/tna/tab02.txt
Population As Of:2008
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3
Postal Code Type:Postal Code
Postal Code:7088
Area Code:08116

Ivanovo (Bulgarian: Иваново, in Bulgarian pronounced as /iˈvanovo/) is a village in northeastern Bulgaria, part of Rousse Province. It is the administrative centre of Ivanovo Municipality, which lies in the central part of Rousse Province.Ivanovo is located 20 kilometres south of the provincial capital of Rousse, in the eastern Danubian Plain. The village is famous for the Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo, a UNESCO World Heritage Site medieval group of monolithic Eastern Orthodox churches, chapels and cave monasteries hewn out of solid rock in the vicinity of Ivanovo. The monastical complex was active from the early 13th to the 17th century.

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