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Pravets

Coordinates: 42°53′39.2″N 23°55′7.8″E / 42.894222°N 23.918833°E / 42.894222; 23.918833
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Pravets
Правец
Coat of arms of Pravets
Coat of arms
Pravets is located in Bulgaria
Pravets
Pravets
Location of Pravets
Coordinates: 42°53′39.2″N 23°55′7.8″E / 42.894222°N 23.918833°E / 42.894222; 23.918833
CountryBulgaria
Provinces
(Oblast)		Sofia Province
Government
 • MayorRumen Guninski
Elevation
440 m (1,440 ft)
Population
 (13.09.2005)
 • Total4,512
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code
2161
Area code07133

Pravets or Pravetz (Bulgarian: Правец, also transliterated as Pravec) is a town in Pravets Municipality in central western Bulgaria, located approximately 60 kilometres (37 mi) from the capital Sofia. Pravets is home town of Pravetz computers, "Pravetz" is also a surname.

Pravets has a population of 4,512 people. Mountains surround it, which allows for a mild climate with rare winds. In the outskirts there is a small lake used for fishing and recreation. The town is the birthplace of Bulgaria's longtime communist President Todor Zhivkov. Likely for this reason was the first microprocessor factory in Bulgaria established in Pravets. These computers, which were also the first in Bulgaria, were named Pravets-82, being itself a direct clone of 6502-CPU-based Apple ][ computer.

Today, the town is most famous for its Computers and technology systems high school and the RIU golf resort complex. There is also a language high school by the name of Aleko Konstantinov. It prepares many students who continue their undergraduate education in Bulgaria, England, the US, Germany, and France. The Professional Computing and Technology Systems high school is one of two technical schools in Bulgaria, which prepares students for the Technical University in Sofia, Bulgaria and allows for direct admission to the University to its top students.

During the school year, the town is filled with students from different towns and villages.

  • The coat of arms of Pravets on a billboard
    The coat of arms of Pravets on a billboard
  • Todor Zhivkov Memorial in Pravets
    Todor Zhivkov Memorial in Pravets
  • Pravets in Summer
    Pravets in Summer
  • Pravets in Autumn
    Pravets in Autumn
  • Pravets in Winter
    Pravets in Winter
  • Pravets in Spring
    Pravets in Spring
  • The Palace Hotel
    The Palace Hotel
  • Square
    Square
  • Square
    Square

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