Ribaritsa, Lovech Province Explained

Ribaritsa
Native Name:Рибарица
Native Name Lang:bg
Settlement Type:Village
Population Total:1029
Population As Of:2016-03-15
Elevation M:701
Postal Code:5720
Pushpin Map:Bulgaria
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Bulgaria
Coordinates:42.846°N 24.361°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Bulgaria
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Lovech
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name2:Teteven

Ribaritsa (Bulgarian: Рибарица, also transliterated Ribarica, Ribaritza) is a village in Teteven Municipality, Lovech Province. It lies at the foot of the Teteven Balkan Mountains, on the banks of the Beli Vit river, 12 kilometres from Teteven, 74 kilometres southwest of Lovech and 138 kilometres northeast of Sofia. Due to its mountainous location 701 metres above sea level, it is a popular mountain resort., it has a population of 1,064 and the mayor is Penka Ganeva (GERB)

The noted Bulgarian revolutionary Georgi Benkovski, a leader of the April Uprising, was killed by the Ottomans in the Kostina area near Ribaritsa in 1876. It was also the place where the famous general and mayor of Sofia Vladimir Vazov (brother of national writer Ivan Vazov) spent the last years of his life; he died there on 20 May 1945.