Plovdiv Province

Plovdiv (in Greek ????????????)is an oblast, or province, of central Bulgaria, formerly part of Eastern Rumelia. It is primarily an agricultural area and contains one-seventh of all of Bulgaria's arable land. The capital of Plovdiv is the city of Plovdiv, but the region also contains 16 other municipalities: Asenovgrad, Karlovo, Maritsa, Rodopi, Hisarya, Parvomay, Stamboliyski, Krichim, Perushtitsa, Sadovo, Laki, Rakovski, Brezovo, Saedinenie, Kaloyanovo and Kuklen.

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Plovdiv is the second biggest city in Bulgaria with population of about 350 000 citizens. It is situated in the middle of the Thracian Valley on the river Maritza.

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It is thought that this city is built by the tracians - people who occupied the lands of todays Bulgaria , north of the greek provinces. Emperor Philipp II conquered Plovdiv about 350 years BC and called it Philipopolis. 300 years later the town became a part of the Roman Empire. Some of its former names are Puldin and Trimontzium.

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Now Plovdiv is one of the biggest and most important industrial centers in Bulgaria.

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Oblast: An oblast (Slavonian verbalism or term, Czech: oblast, Slovak: oblas?, Russian, Ukrainian: ????????, Bulgarian: ???????) English equivalent area, province or zone....

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