Official Name: | Levski |
Native Name: | Левски |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Provinces (Oblast) |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Pushpin Map: | Bulgaria |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Levski |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Postal Code Type: | Postal Code |
Subdivision Name1: | Pazardzhik Province |
Population Total: | 667 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population As Of: | 2013-12-31 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Area Total Km2: | 17.794 |
Elevation M: | 420 |
Postal Code: | 4535 |
Coordinates: | 42.35°N 40°W |
Leader Name: | Slavcho Mavrov |
Levski (Bulgarian: Левски, formerly known as Dolno Levski) is a village at 23 km south of Panagyurishte and 21 km north of Pazardzhik on the main road between them. As of 2013 it has a population of 667.
The village is located on the southern foothills of the Sredna Gora mountain at an altitude of 420 m. It is situated on the main road Panagyurishte-Bata-Popintsi-Levski-Saraya-Pazardzhik. The river Luda Yana flows near the village. There are four micro dams in the land of Levski.
There are grapes from which the locals produce wine and rakiya. The population is employed in agriculture, stock=breeding and mining of copper.
Many ancient Thracian mounds are scattered in the lands of the village as well as remains of a Thracian settlement.
The population is Orthodox Christian.
The local population actively participated in the April Uprising of 1876 against the Ottoman domination and the September Uprising (1923). The village was known as Kalaglare up to 1934 and Dolno Levski up to 1987.