Plovdiv
Plovdiv
Пловдив | |
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City | |
From top, left to right:
Plovdiv on the banks of Maritsa • The old town at night • A street in the old town • The central street • A street • City Hall • Plovdiv Roman Theatre • Saint Marina Church • The baths and the Cyril and Methodius Church • Dzhumaya Mosque • Fountain | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
| Nickname(s): The city of the seven hills Градът на седемте хълма (Bulgarian) Gradăt na sedemte hălma (transliteration) | |
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| Coordinates: 42°9′N 24°45′E / 42.150°N 24.750°E | |
| Country | Bulgaria |
| Province | Plovdiv |
| Municipalities | Plovdiv-city |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Kostadin Dimitrov (GERB) |
| Area | |
• Total | 101.98 km2 (39.37 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 164 m (538 ft) |
| Population (15 June 2024)[3] | |
• Total | 329,489 |
| • Urban | 540,609[1] |
| • Metro | 675,586[2] |
| Demonym(s) | Plovdivchanin (m.) Plovdivchanka (f.) Пловдивчанин/Пловдивчанка (bg) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 4000 |
| Area code | (+359) 032 |
| Car plates | PB |
| Website | plovdiv.bg |
Plovdiv (Bulgarian: Пловдив, pronounced [ˈpɫɔvdif]) is the second-largest city in Bulgaria, 144 km (93 miles) southeast of the capital Sofia. It had a population of 329,489 as of 2024 and 540,000 in the greater metropolitan area. Plovdiv is a cultural hub in Bulgaria and was the European Capital of Culture in 1999 and 2019. The city is an important economic, transport, cultural, and educational centre. Plovdiv joined the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities in 2016.
- ^ "Functional Urban Areas – Population on 1 January by age groups and sex". Eurostat. 1 April 2016. Archived from the original on 23 April 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
- ^ "Population on 1 January by broad age group, sex and metropolitan regions". eurostat.ec. Eurostat. 8 October 2017. Archived from the original on 3 December 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
- ^ "Population and Demographic Processes in 2014 (Final data) – National statistical institute". www.nsi.bg. Archived from the original on 15 November 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2015.