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Parvomay (Bulgarian: Първомай [pɐrvoˈmaj]) is a town located in the Plovdiv Province of southern Bulgaria, part of the similarly named municipality (Parvomay Municipality). It is geographically close to the towns of Sadovo and Chirpan. The name literally means First of May, i.e., May Day, in English and is sometimes transliterated as Parvomai or Purvomai.
As with many places in Bulgaria, the town has other names, such as its old name (up until 1947) of Borisovgrad (after Bulgaria's last Tsar, Boris to celebrate his birthday on 30 January 1894), as well as Borissograd, Borissovgrade, or Borissowgrad. Until 1894, it was known by its Turkish names of Hadzi Ejles (Bulgarian Хаджи Елес), Hadzi-Ele, Hadzi-Jeiles, Khadzhi Eiles, or Khadzhi-Eles ("Hacı İlyas" in Turkish).
The municipal centre town Parvomay is situated at 134 meters above sea level, with geographic coordinates 25о13`30`` east longitude and 42о06`00`` north latitude. The town is 180 km to the east of Sofia, 39 km to the east of Plovdiv city, 50 km to the southwest of Stara Zagora, 34 km to the west of city of Haskovo and 360 km to the northwest of Istanbul, the northern edge of the town is 700m south of the Maritza River.
The topography of the Parvomay Municipality is predominantly a flat plain, except for the fields of the Voden and Bukovo villages and the rolling hills around Iskra, Bryagovo, Dragoinovo, and Ezerovo which are part of the foothills of Dragoyna. The ridge's name comes from a legend about Dragoy, prince of the Slavonic tribe that inhabited the region and his daughter Dragoyna, who built a white stone castle on the peak that the Byzantines later conquered and destroyed. This range is in turn the foothills of the Rhodopi mountains, passing to the South-West into the Novakovski Balkan mountain.
In 1926, it had a population of 4,425 which rose to 5,050 in 1946. By 1985, the population had risen to 17,136; and by 1992, it had dropped to 16,826. By 2009, Parvomay's population had further declined to 16,630 and by the end of 2010, it fell to 13,733. Parvomay was ranked as the 57th largest city of Bulgaria in 2011.
The administrative center of the Parvomay Municipality is the town of Parvomay. It comprises three areas, major urban and two suburbs Debar to the South and Liybenovo to the North East. The municipality is situated in the most Eastern area of the Plovdiv Pazardzhik plain– part of the Upper Thracian lowlands, with a total area of 470,057 decares. The Municipality encompasses 17 settlements with a population of 32,131 people. Villages in Parvomay Municipality in the Plovdiv Province are; Bryagovo (789 inhabitants to 02/05/2006), Bukovo, Byala Reka, Dalbok Izvor, Dobri Do, Dragoynovo, Ezerovo, Gradina, Iskra, Karadjalovo, Vinitsa, Voden. Iskra is the largest in the area with a population of 1829 (to 02/05/2006) in the Dragoyna foothills to the south of Parvomay.
Fossils of sea shells have been found in the limestone rocks near the village of Ezerovo (to the southeast of Parvomay town) a full skeleton of a prehistoric Deinotherium was also found in this area which is on display in Asenovgrad Paleontological Museum.
Sometime from the 5th century BC to the 3rd century BC, this area became part of the Thracian Odrysian kingdom. In the quarters of Debar and Liybenovo on the outskirts of Parvomay town, archeologists have found Thracian mounds. By the 1st century AD, this part of Thrace was annexed by the Roman Empire, and later it remained a part of its Eastern Roman Empire. Roman graves dating to the period of the 1st–4th centuries have been also discovered around Parvomay. Throughout the history of Bulgaria, the area has been Thracian, Greek, Roman, Byzantium, Slav, Bulgar and Ottoman.
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Parvomay
Parvomay (Bulgarian: Първомай [pɐrvoˈmaj]) is a town located in the Plovdiv Province of southern Bulgaria, part of the similarly named municipality (Parvomay Municipality). It is geographically close to the towns of Sadovo and Chirpan. The name literally means First of May, i.e., May Day, in English and is sometimes transliterated as Parvomai or Purvomai.
As with many places in Bulgaria, the town has other names, such as its old name (up until 1947) of Borisovgrad (after Bulgaria's last Tsar, Boris to celebrate his birthday on 30 January 1894), as well as Borissograd, Borissovgrade, or Borissowgrad. Until 1894, it was known by its Turkish names of Hadzi Ejles (Bulgarian Хаджи Елес), Hadzi-Ele, Hadzi-Jeiles, Khadzhi Eiles, or Khadzhi-Eles ("Hacı İlyas" in Turkish).
The municipal centre town Parvomay is situated at 134 meters above sea level, with geographic coordinates 25о13`30`` east longitude and 42о06`00`` north latitude. The town is 180 km to the east of Sofia, 39 km to the east of Plovdiv city, 50 km to the southwest of Stara Zagora, 34 km to the west of city of Haskovo and 360 km to the northwest of Istanbul, the northern edge of the town is 700m south of the Maritza River.
The topography of the Parvomay Municipality is predominantly a flat plain, except for the fields of the Voden and Bukovo villages and the rolling hills around Iskra, Bryagovo, Dragoinovo, and Ezerovo which are part of the foothills of Dragoyna. The ridge's name comes from a legend about Dragoy, prince of the Slavonic tribe that inhabited the region and his daughter Dragoyna, who built a white stone castle on the peak that the Byzantines later conquered and destroyed. This range is in turn the foothills of the Rhodopi mountains, passing to the South-West into the Novakovski Balkan mountain.
In 1926, it had a population of 4,425 which rose to 5,050 in 1946. By 1985, the population had risen to 17,136; and by 1992, it had dropped to 16,826. By 2009, Parvomay's population had further declined to 16,630 and by the end of 2010, it fell to 13,733. Parvomay was ranked as the 57th largest city of Bulgaria in 2011.
The administrative center of the Parvomay Municipality is the town of Parvomay. It comprises three areas, major urban and two suburbs Debar to the South and Liybenovo to the North East. The municipality is situated in the most Eastern area of the Plovdiv Pazardzhik plain– part of the Upper Thracian lowlands, with a total area of 470,057 decares. The Municipality encompasses 17 settlements with a population of 32,131 people. Villages in Parvomay Municipality in the Plovdiv Province are; Bryagovo (789 inhabitants to 02/05/2006), Bukovo, Byala Reka, Dalbok Izvor, Dobri Do, Dragoynovo, Ezerovo, Gradina, Iskra, Karadjalovo, Vinitsa, Voden. Iskra is the largest in the area with a population of 1829 (to 02/05/2006) in the Dragoyna foothills to the south of Parvomay.
Fossils of sea shells have been found in the limestone rocks near the village of Ezerovo (to the southeast of Parvomay town) a full skeleton of a prehistoric Deinotherium was also found in this area which is on display in Asenovgrad Paleontological Museum.
Sometime from the 5th century BC to the 3rd century BC, this area became part of the Thracian Odrysian kingdom. In the quarters of Debar and Liybenovo on the outskirts of Parvomay town, archeologists have found Thracian mounds. By the 1st century AD, this part of Thrace was annexed by the Roman Empire, and later it remained a part of its Eastern Roman Empire. Roman graves dating to the period of the 1st–4th centuries have been also discovered around Parvomay. Throughout the history of Bulgaria, the area has been Thracian, Greek, Roman, Byzantium, Slav, Bulgar and Ottoman.
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