Svirachi Explained

Official Name:Svirachi
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 Svirachi
Pushpin Relief:1
Leader Title:Mayor
Postal Code Type:Postal Code
Subdivision Name1:Haskovo
Population Total:400
Population As Of:2006
Elevation M:235
Postal Code:6578
Area Code:03665
Coordinates:41.4833°N 33°W
Leader Name:Tyanka Pehlivanova

Svirachi (Bulgarian: Свирачи) is a village in the Haskovo Province, southern Bulgaria. it has 400 inhabitants, which places it the largest village in Ivaylovgrad municipality. Inhabitants of Svirachi are Anatolian Bulgarians, Eastern Orthodox Bulgarians, whose ancestors are Bulgarian refugees from Anatolia. Its former name was Zurnazen or Zornazan, which is meant "Player of Zurna" in Turkish.

Geography

It is located at altitude of 235 metres above the sea level, at 6 km to the south of Ivaylovgrad in Eastern Rhodope.

Agriculture

Agriculture is the main occupation for the population. The main products are grapes, tobacco, sesame, chickpea, almonds. Livestock breeding is also well-developed, including mainly sheep, cattle, goats.

Others

The village has a kindergarten, school, mladezhki dom with library.There is a church "Sv. Dimitar" built in 1859 At some kilometers to the northeast are located the ruins of an ancient Bulgarian fortress Lyutitsa.

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41.4833°N 33°W