Dupnitsa ( Bulgarian. Dupnitsa ) is a city in Bulgaria in the Kyustendil region , the administrative center of the Dupnitsa community .
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| Dupnitsa | |||
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| A country |  Bulgaria | ||
| Region | Kyustendil | ||
| community | Dupnitsa | ||
| Kmet | Atanas Yanev | ||
| History and Geography | |||
| Former names | until 1878 - Debnica until 1949 - Dupnitsa before 1950 - Marek until 1990 - Stanke-Dimitrov | ||
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| Center height | 535 m | ||
| Timezone | UTC + 2 , in summer UTC + 3 | ||
| Population | |||
| Population | 35 255 [1] people ( 2016 ) | ||
| Digital identifiers | |||
| Telephone code | (+359) 701 | ||
| Postcode | 2600 | ||
| Car code | KN | ||
| ECATTE Code | 68789 | ||
| dupnitsa.net (bulg.) | |||
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Geographical position
It is located on the banks of the German River, at the foot of the Rila mountain range [2] 65 km south of Sofia .
History
Near this city, on June 14, 987, a battle took place between the troops of the Bulgarian princes Aaron and Samuel , in which Samuel defeated, and Aaron was killed. This battle was called the Battle of Dupnitsa [3] .
During World War II, on January 4, 1944, US Air Force B-17 bombers bombed the city of Dupnitsa, with 50 killed and 40 wounded [4] .
In 1948, the city was renamed Stanke Dimitrov in memory of its famous native Stanke Dimitrov [2] ; in 1949-1950 the city was called Marek (party alias Stanke Dimitrov), but in 1950 the name was again changed to Stanke Dimitrov .
In 1975, the population was 45 thousand people, the city was a center for tobacco processing; pharmaceutical, instrument-making, fruit-canning and clothing industries. Coal mining was carried out in the vicinity and the Bobov-Dol TPP was located [2] .
In 1982, the population was 44 thousand people, the city was the center of the tobacco, fruit-canning and pharmaceutical industries [5] .
In 1990, the former name of the city was restored - Dupnitsa .
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Political Situation
Kmet (mayor) of the community Dupnitsa - Atanas Aleksandrov Yanev (independent) according to the election results.
Twin Cities
- Bryansk , Russia
Notes
- ↑ The table for the population is constant and the current address is the region of Kyustendil community Dupnitsa
- ↑ 1 2 3 Stanke-Dimitrov // Big Soviet Encyclopedia. / ed. A.M. Prokhorova. 3rd ed. Volume 24 (book 1). M., "Soviet Encyclopedia", 1976.
- ↑ R. Gruјiħ, “Three Chilandar Affections,” p. 14
- ↑ Countries of Central and Southeastern Europe in World War II. / ed. Colonel M.I.Semiryaga. M., Military Publishing, 1972. p. 37-38
- ↑ Stanke-Dimitrov // Soviet Encyclopedic Dictionary. redcall., ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov. 4th ed. M., "Soviet Encyclopedia", 1986. p. 1268