Razgrad
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| Razgrad Разград |
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| Location of Razgrad | |||
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| Country | Image:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria | ||
| Provinces (Oblast) | Razgrad | ||
| Government | |||
| - Mayor | Dencho Boyadzhiev | ||
| Elevation | 200 m (656 ft) | ||
| Population (14.12.2005) | |||
| - Total | 39,540 | ||
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | ||
| Postal Code | 7200 | ||
| Area code(s) | 084 | ||
| Website: http://www.razgradnews.com | |||
Razgrad (Bulgarian: Разград) is a city in northeastern Bulgaria and the capital of Razgrad Province, built upon the ruins of the Ancient Roman town of Abritus on the banks of the Beli Lom. Razgrad has one of the dense Turkish populations in Bulgaria, with 27% of the municipality's citizens declaring to be Turks in 1998. An absolute majority of 69% are Bulgarians, with the remaining 4% being composed for the most part of Roma.
Some of Razgrad's landmarks include the Varosha architectural complex from the 19th century, the ethnographic museum and several other museums, the characteristic clock tower in the centre built in 1864, the St Nicholas the Miracle Worker Church from 1860, the Momina cheshma sculpture, the Mausoleum Ossuary of the Liberators (1879-1880) and the Ibrahim Pasha Mosque from 1530. The mosque is said to be the third largest one in the Balkans,excluding Istanbul - its reconstruction has still not been completed, having begun in Communist times.
In 251, the town was the site of the Battle of Abrittus, during which the Goths defeated a Roman army under the emperors Trajan Decius and Herennius Etruscus. The battle is notable for being the first occasion of a Roman emperor being killed in a battle with barbarians.
It is also the former home of the famed Bulgarian adult film actor Kalin Stoykov.
[edit] Sister cities
The sister cities of Razgrad are:
- Image:Flag of Russia.svg Oryol, Russia (since 1968)
- Image:Flag of Germany.svg Wittenberge, Germany (since 2001)
- Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Armagh, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom (since 1995)
- Image:Flag of France.svg Châlons-en-Champagne, France (since 1975)
- Image:Flag of Turkey.svg Avcılar, Turkey (since 2000)
- Image:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yangzhou, People's Republic of China (since 2000)
- Image:Flag of the United States.svg Brunswick, Ohio, United States (since 1998)
- Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Assen, Netherlands (since 2006)
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| Isperih • Kubrat • Loznitsa • Razgrad • Samuil • Tsar Kaloyan • Zavet |
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