Yablanitsa

Yablanitsa
Yablanitsa; Ябланица
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	Yablanitsa Location of Yablanitsa
	Coordinates: 43°2′N 24°7′E / 43.033°N 24.117°ECoordinates: 43°2′N 24°7′E / 43.033°N 24.117°E
Country	Bulgaria
Provinces; (Oblast)	Lovech
	Government
• Mayor	Ivan Tsakov (independent)
Elevation	475 m (1,558 ft)
	Population (December 2009)
• Total	2,896
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal Code	5750
Area code(s)	06991
License plate	OB
Website	http://www.yablanitsa.org/

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For other uses, see Jablanica (disambiguation).

Yablanitsa (Bulgarian: Ябланица; also Jablanica, Iablanica, Yablanica, Jablanitsa, Iablanitsa, Jablanitza, Yablanitza, Iablanitza, etc.) is a small town in the westernmost part of Lovech Province, central-north Bulgaria, located in the area of the Pre-Balkan, north of the Stara Planina mountain. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Yablanitsa Municipality. The town is situated 70 kilometres from the capital Sofia, near the Hemus motorway linking Sofia and Varna. It was proclaimed a town in 1968. As of December 2009, Yablanitsa has a population of 2,896 inhabitants.^[1]

The town is a noted confectionery production centre, particularly well-known for the local halva and Turkish Delight.

[edit] Municipality

Yablanitsa is the administrative centre of Yablanitsa municipality (part of Lovech Province), which includes the following nine localities:

[edit] Yablanitsa districts

In Yablanitsa are located couple of districts - ex-villages: Shumnene, Devet Dola etc. One of the most beautiful district is Shumnene, located in the area of Dragoitsa just under a very popular Bulgarian Rock - the Venetsa. The area is known with the nice houses with its incredible panorama view on the whole Balkan and the rock. In nice and clear weather if you go top on the rock you can see also the river of Danube.