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|official_name = Provadia |
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|coordinates_region = BG |
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|subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] |
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|subdivision_name = [[Bulgaria]] |
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|subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of Bulgaria|Province]]<br><small>(Oblast)</small> |
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|timezone=[[Eastern European Time|EET]] |
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|map_caption = Location of Provadiya| |
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|pushpin_map_caption =Location of Provadiya |
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|leader_title =Mayor |
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|postal_code_type =[[List of postal codes in Bulgaria|Postal Code]] |
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| native_name = Провадия |
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| subdivision_name1 = [[Varna Province|Varna]] |
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| population_total = 12,901|population_footnotes=<ref name="statistika"/> |
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| population_as_of = 2009-12-31 |
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| elevation_m = 56 |
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| postal_code = 9200 |
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| area_code = 0518 |
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| blank_info = B|blank_name= [[Bulgarian car number plates|License plate]]| |
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| latd=43|latm=11|lats=|latNS=N|longd=27|longm=26|longs=|longEW=E|leader_name = Georgi Yanev |
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'''Provadia''' ({{lang-bg|Провадия}}) is a town in northeastern [[Bulgaria]], part of [[Varna Province]], located in a deep [[karst]] gorge (Provadia [[syncline]]) along the [[Provadia River]] not far from the [[Bulgarian Black Sea Coast]]. It is the administrative centre of [[Provadiya Municipality]]. As of December 2009, the town has a population of 12,901 inhabitants.<ref name=statistika/> |
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Provadia served as a [[customs]] point since ancient times. It is well known for [[salt]]y [[mineral water]]s, its mild [[climate]] and a total of 70 km of [[cave]]s in the surrounding [[mountain]] walls. It can be reached by [[train]] from [[Sofia]] or [[Varna]] and there are also hourly buses from and to Varna, and a sophisticated road system. |
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==History== |
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Provadia is the site of Europe's oldest prehistoric town. Excavations on city walls that started in 2005 reveal a town that dates back to between 4,700 BC and 4,200 BC.<ref name=bbc121031/> It is believed to have been the site of salt trading.<ref name=bbc121031/> |
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Historical names of the medieval fortress, the ruins of which have been preserved until today, include ''Provat'' ([[Byzantine Greek]]), ''Ovech'' (Овеч, Bulgarian), ''Provanto'' ([[Italian language|Italian]]) and ''Pravadı'' ([[Turkish language]]). The Greek name and its adaptations stem from the word πρόβατο, ''provato'', "sheep", and the medieval Bulgarian name corresponds directly (being derived from овца, ''ovtsa'', with the same meaning). The fortress is open for visitors. |
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During the Middle Ages the town was a key centre of the [[First Bulgarian Empire]] with an important monastery at the modern village of Ravna, the church of which was consecrated on 23 April 897, and a major [[scriptorium]] of the [[Preslav Literary School]]. The rebel leader and subsequently emperor of Bulgaria [[Ivailo of Bulgaria|Ivailo]] defeated a 10,000-strong Byzantine army near the city in 1279. During the [[Second Bulgarian Empire]] it was the seat of a metropolitan in the 14th century. Ovech was captured by the Ottomans in 1388 after a long siege. |
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In the 17th and 18th century Provadia was a commercial centre of the [[Ottoman Empire]] and was inhabited by many [[Jewish]] and [[Republic of Ragusa|Ragusan]] merchants. A 16th-17th-century [[Dubrovnik]]-style church still stands in the nearby village of [[Dobrina]]. |
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==Today== |
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South of Provadia lies the largest rock [[salt mine]] in Bulgaria, which is believed to be virtually inexhaustible with a [[salt dome]] up to 3900 m high, and has been sporadically exploited for some 7500 years but industrially, through leaching, only since the 1960s; now it is part of [[Solvay (company)|Solvay]] Sodi AD in [[Devnya]] under the name Provadsol AD. Some of the leaching caverns are used for the storage of natural gas. Provadia is an important hub on both the [[Druzhba Gas Pipeline]] and the future [[South Stream]]. Other industrial facilities include a modern [[biodiesel]] installation, a sunflower oil mill, a heavy earth-mover repair plant, shipbuilding machinery and textile factories. The town has a certain potential as a spa centre; its saline mineral water is allegedly similar in composition to the one at [[Karlovy Vary]]. |
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Places of interest include the Lambova Kashta ethnographical complex and ethnographical collections in Dobrina and Manastir villages, as well as [[cave monastery|cave monasteries]] and the ruins of the 9-10th-century Ravna Monastery, one of the most important centres of the Preslav Literary School, dubbed "language laboratory" by [[Umberto Eco]] for its graffiti by common folks in several languages and alphabets. |
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[[Provadiya Hook]] in [[Greenwich Island]], [[South Shetland Islands]], [[Antarctica]] is named for Provadia. |
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The current mayor of the town is Georgi Yanev elected in November 2007. |
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==Municipality== |
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{{Main|Provadiya Municipality}} |
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[[Image:Provadia fortress1.jpg|right|thumb|250px|The Ovech Castle above Provadiya]] |
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Provadiya is the seat of Provadiya municipality (part of Varna Province), which also includes the following 24 villages: |
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* [[Barzitsa]] |
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* [[Blaskovo]] |
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* [[Bozveliysko]] |
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* [[Chayka, Varna Province|Chayka]] |
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* [[Cherkovna, Varna Province|Cherkovna]] |
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* [[Chernook]] |
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* [[Dobrina]] |
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* [[Gradinarovo]] |
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* [[Hrabrovo, Varna Province|Hrabrovo]] |
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* [[Kiten, Varna Province|Kiten]] |
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* [[Komarevo, Varna Province|Komarevo]] |
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* [[Krivnya, Varna Province|Krivnya]] |
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* [[Manastir, Varna Province|Manastir]] |
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* [[Nenovo]] |
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* [[Ovchaga]] |
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* [[Petrov dol, Varna Province|Petrov dol]] |
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* [[Ravna, Varna Province|Ravna]] |
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* [[Slaveykovo, Varna Province|Slaveykovo]] |
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* [[Snezhina]] |
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* [[Staroselets]] |
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* [[Tutrakantsi]] |
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* [[Venchan]] |
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* [[Zhitnitsa, Varna Province|Zhitnitsa]] |
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* [[Zlatina]] |
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|} |
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==References== |
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{{Reflist|refs= |
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<ref name=statistika>{{cite web | url = http://www.nsi.bg/otrasalen.php?otr=53&a1=1583&a2=1584&a3=1588#cont | title = Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - towns in 2009 }}</ref> |
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<ref name=bbc121031>{{cite news | url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20156681 | title = Europe's oldest prehistoric town unearthed in Bulgaria | work = [[BBC News]] | date = 2012-10-31 }}</ref> |
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}} |
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* {{cite news | url =http://www.standartnews.com/archive/2003/08/10/routes/index.htm | title =Provadiya – the forgotten paradise near the sea | first =Nikolay | last =Genov | publisher =Standart News | date =2003-08-10 | accessdate =2006-09-09 | language =Bulgarian }} |
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==External links== |
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{{commons|Provadia}} |
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*[http://www.provadia.bg/ Official page (in Bulgarian)] |
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{{Varna Province}} |
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{{Cities in Bulgaria}} |
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{{Provadiya}} |
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{{coord|43|11|N|27|26|E|region:BG_type:city|display=title}} |
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[[Category:Towns in Bulgaria]] |
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[[Category:Populated places in Varna Province]] |
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[[bg:Провадия]] |
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[[de:Prowadija]] |
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[[es:Provadia]] |
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[[fa:پرووادیا]] |
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[[he:פרובאדיה]] |
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[[kk:Провадия (Варна облысы)]] |
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[[nl:Provadia]] |
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[[ja:プロヴァディヤ]] |
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[[pl:Prowadija]] |
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[[ro:Provadia]] |
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[[ru:Провадия]] |
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[[sr:Провадија]] |
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[[tr:Pravadı]] |
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[[uk:Провадія]] |
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[[vi:Provadia]] |
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[[war:Provadiya]] |
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[[zh:普羅瓦迪亞]] |
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Revision as of 17:16, 1 November 2012
This is an unknown area. Never travel into the dark forest of provadia.