Banya, Sliven Province
Banya
Баня | |
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  Banya Location of Banya, Bulgaria | |
| Coordinates: 42°36′22.18″N 25°59′25.68″E / 42.6061611°N 25.9904667°E | |
| Country |  Bulgaria |
| Provinces (Oblast) | Sliven Province |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Dinko Ivanov |
| Elevation | 231 m (758 ft) |
| Population (15.09.2022) | |
| • Total | 1,798[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal Code | 8914 |
| Area code(s) | 04567 from Bulgaria, 003594567 from outside |
Banya (Bulgarian: Баня) is a village in central Bulgaria. It has a population of 1,798 as of 2022.[1] It is also known as Novozagorski Mineralni Bani or Kortenski Mineralni Bani, meaning Nova Zagora or Korten Mineral Baths.
Geography
[edit]Banya is located in Sliven Province and has a territory of 43.517 km2.[2] It is part of Nova Zagora Municipality. It is situated 13 km north of the municipal center Nova Zagora, 36 km south-southwest of the city of Sliven and 36 km northeast of the city of Stara Zagora. The village lies just south of the first class I-6 road Gyueshevo–Sofia–Karlovo–Burgas and has direct road connection with the villages of Orizari and Sborishte to the north, Chervenakovo to the east and Korten to the south.[3]
Banya is situated in the Mezhdenik ridge just north of the Sredna Gora mountain range, facing the Tvarditsa Valley. The village is on the left bank of the river Tundzha some 2 km downstream of the Zhrebchevo Reservoir.[4] Its altitude at the village hall is 217 m, which increases to 260–270 m in its northern neighbourhoods.
Mineral springs
[edit]The mineral waters near the village of Banya are captured in the alluvial sediments along the right bank of the river Tundzha. Their temperature is 42 °С – 57 °С, with a discharge of about 8 L/sec. The water is with mineralization of 0.94 °g/L, with high content of fluorine — up to 16 °mg/L, and silicon dioxide. They are used for the prevention and treatment of diseases of the musculoskeletal system, the peripheral nervous system and gynecological diseases.[5][6]
Citations
[edit]- ^ a b "Tables of Persons Registered by Permanent Address and by Current Address". Official Site of the Civil Registration and Administrative Services (GRAO). Retrieved 20 February 2024.
- ^ "Bulgaria Guide, Banya". Retrieved 20 February 2024.
- ^ "A Map of the Republican Road Network of Bulgaria". Official Site of the Road Infrastructure Agency. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
- ^ Geographic Dictionary of Bulgaria 1980, p. 29
- ^ Encyclopaedia Bulgaria, Volume I 1978, p. 214
- ^ Geographic Dictionary of Bulgaria 1980, p. 261
References
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- Георгиев (Georgiev), Владимир (Vladimir) (1978). Енциклопедия България. Том I. А-В [Encyclopaedia Bulgaria. Volume I. A-V] (in Bulgarian). и колектив. София (Sofia): Издателство на БАН (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Press).
- Мичев (Michev), Николай (Nikolay); Михайлов (Mihaylov), Цветко (Tsvetko); Вапцаров (Vaptsarov), Иван (Ivan); Кираджиев (Kiradzhiev), Светлин (Svetlin) (1980). Географски речник на България [Geographic Dictionary of Bulgaria] (in Bulgarian). София (Sofia): Наука и култура (Nauka i kultura).