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