Yambol

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Coordinates: 42°29′N 26°30′E / 42.483, 26.5
Yambol Ямбол
Image:Bezisten.JPG
Image:Bu-map-blank-orthogonal.png Image:Red pog2.svg Yambol Location of Yambol
Country	Image:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria
Provinces (Oblast)	Yambol
Government
- Mayor	George Slavov (independent)
Elevation	114 m (374 ft)
Population (2006-01-10)
- Total	85,966
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
- Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal Code	8600
Area code(s)	046
License plate	Y

Yambol (Bulgarian: Ямбол) is a city in southeastern Bulgaria, the administrative centre of Yambol Province. It lies on both banks of the Tundzha in the historical region of Thrace. Today, the town has 85,966 inhabitants as of 2006.

Although the surrounding area has been inhabited since the Neolithic and was the location of the Thracian royal city of Cabyle (later conquered by Philip II of Macedon and the Romans, but destroyed by the Avars in 583), what is today Yambol was founded by Roman Emperor Diocletian in 293 as Diospolis ('city of Zeus'). The name later evolved through Diampolis and Diamboli to become Yambol.

As the Slavs and Bulgars arrived in the Balkans in the Middle Ages, the fortress was contested by the Bulgarian Empire and the Byzantines until 1373, when it fell to the Ottomans after a prolonged siege.

Yambol (Ottoman Turkish Yanbolu) was an important centre of the Ottoman Empire until liberated by Russian forces in January 1878 to become part of Eastern Rumelia and later Bulgaria after the Unification in 1886.

The predominant religion is Eastern Orthodoxy with a number of churches being present (among them one of the Holy Trinity, one of St George and one of St Nicholas), but there also exist Eastern Rite Catholic and Protestant religious buildings, as well as a 15th-century mosque.

Yambol Peak on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica is named for Yambol.

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Panoramic view of the city visible from Borovets

1 Notable natives
2 Twin cities
3 Gallery
4 External links

[edit] Notable natives

John Vincent Atanasoff, the inventor of the digital electronic computer, has roots from Yambol
Dimcho Roshmanov, composer
Nikola Abramov, artist
Georgi Gospodinov, author
Volen Siderov, journalist and politician
Radoy Ralin, poet and satirist
Ivan Gazdov, artist, author, educator, former rector of the Bulgarian National Academy of Arts

[edit] Twin cities

[edit] Gallery

Bezisten.JPG The Roofed Market "The Bezisten"	Gradinkata pred poshtata.jpg Garden in front of the Central Post Office	Church St.Nikolay.jpg Church of St Nicholas by winter	Theatre Yambol.jpg Yambol Theatre by winter
IMGP0399.JPG Tundzha River near City Stadium	IMGP0561.JPG Church of St George, built in 1737	IMGP0556.JPG Yambol City Hall "Diana"	IMGP0545b.jpg Yambol City Park
IMGP0559y.JPG City Park - The Round Alley	IMG kargona.JPG Yambol - Kargona Quarter	IMG highschool.JPG Technical Highschool "Ivan Raynov"	Park memorial.JPG City Park - Memorial
Central public library.JPG Central public library	Yambol municipal.JPG Municipality building	Rakovsky street2.JPG Rakovsky street near Central Post Office	Rakovsky street.JPG Rakovsky street near the Old Bus Station
City Court.JPG Yambol City Court	Tundzha River.JPG Tundzha River	IMGP0574 Borovets.JPG Park "Borovets"	IMGP0576 radio station.JPG Radio Station on Borovets Hill