Galabovo

Place in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
42°8′N 25°51′E / 42.133°N 25.850°E / 42.133; 25.850CountryBulgariaProvince
(Oblast)Stara ZagoraGovernment
 • MayorNikolay TonevElevation
83 m (272 ft)Population
 (2009-12-31)[1]
 • Total8,404Time zoneUTC+2 (EET) • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)Postal Code
6280
Area code0418

Galabovo (Bulgarian: Гълъбово Bulgarian pronunciation: [ˈɡɤɫɐbovo], from гълъб galab, "dove" + -ovo) is a town in south-central Bulgaria, part of Stara Zagora Province. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Galabovo Municipality. As of December 2022, the town has a population of 6,845 inhabitants.[1]

Galabovo is located in the southeastern part of the Upper Thracian Plain, in a region economically important due to the extraction of coal and production of electricity in the region. The Maritsa Iztok-1 power plant is situated nearby. The population is predominantly Bulgarian and Bulgarian Orthodox, the employment is pretty high, with the residents employed for the most part in the coal, compressed slacks and electricity industry.

Municipality

Galabovo is also the seat of Galabovo municipality (part of Stara Zagora Province), which in addition to the town also includes the following 10 villages:

  • Aprilovo
  • Glavan
  • Iskritsa
  • Madrets
  • Mednikarovo
  • Musachevo
  • Obruchishte
  • Pomoshtnik
  • Razdelna
  • Velikovo

References

  1. ^ a b (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009 Archived November 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine

External links

  • Galabovo municipality website
  • Galabovo municipality at Domino.bg Archived 2007-01-11 at the Wayback Machine
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