Dimitrovgrad, Bulgaria

Dimitrovgrad, Bulgaria
Dimitrovgrad, Bulgaria; Димитровград
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	Dimitrovgrad, Bulgaria Location of Dimitrovgrad, Bulgaria
	Coordinates: 42°3′N 25°36′E / 42.05°N 25.6°ECoordinates: 42°3′N 25°36′E / 42.05°N 25.6°E
Country	Bulgaria
Province; (Oblast)	Haskovo
	Government
• Mayor	Ivo Dimov
Elevation	125 m (410 ft)
	Population (Census February 2011)
• City	38,015
• Urban	52,541
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal Code	6400
Area code(s)	0391

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Dimitrovgrad (Bulgarian: Димитровград) is a town in Haskovo Province, South-central Bulgaria, located close to the province capital - Haskovo. It is a newly founded settlement, built in the end of the 1940s. and named after the communist leader Georgi Dimitrov. The town is the administrative centre of the homonymous Dimitrovgrad Municipality. As of February 2011, it has a population of 38 015 inhabitants (Municipality Population - 52 541).^[1]^[2]^[3]

[edit] History

Drujba square

The city was built in 1947 by the Communist government of the time and the brigades organized with that purpose. On the 2 September 1947 the town's establishment was officially announced, but its construction and expansion continued intensively for several more years, as the three villages (Rakovski, Mariyno and Chernokonyovo) that existed at the place were merged to form Dimitrovgrad. The main practical reason behind the new city was to create a modern industrial centre. Of course, there was also an ideological foundation for building it.

In 1970 the celebration of the national poetry feast named Penio Penev was set and that tradition continues up to the present. Since 1980 the beginning of biennial of Bulgarian theatrical poster were laid. In 1987 the museum – house Penio Penev was opened

[edit] Tourism

Dimitrovgrad is remarkable for its stylish architecture which met the standards of the Roman Empire, with spacious streets and large parks. It is one of the most green cities in Bulgaria. There are three large parks with about 15 lakes, dozens of species of rare trees, shrubs and flowers, sculptures, gazebos and water cascades.

[edit] Population

The population of Dimitrovgrad during the first decade after its foundation was about 34,000.^[3] Since then it started growing, mostly because of the migrants from the rural areas, reaching its peak in the period 1985-1992 exceeding 50,000.^[2] After this time, the population has started decreasing rapidly in consequence of the poor economic situation in the Bulgarian provinces during the 1990s that lead to a new migration in the direction of the country capital Sofia and abroad.

Dimitrovgrad
Year	1887	1910	1934	1946	1956	1965	1975	1985	1992	2001	2005	2009	2011
Population	---	---	---	---	34,162	41,816	45,595	53,804	50,677	45,918	42,840	41,810	??
	Highest number ?? in ??
Sources: National Statistical Institute,^[1] „citypopulation.de“,^[2] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,^[3] Bulgarian Academy of Sciences^[4]