Dimitrovgrad ( Serb. Dimitrovgrad or Dimitrovgrad , previously Tsaribrod ; Bulgarian. Tsaribrod , transliterated as Caribrod , Tzaribrod or Tsaribrod ) is an urban-type settlement in the Pirot district of the Republic of Serbia , the administrative center of the community of Dimitrovgrad . Located on the Nishava River .
| City | |||
| Dimitrovgrad | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Serb. Dimitrovgrad, Dimitrovgrad | |||
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| A country |  Serbia | ||
| Community | Dimitrovgrad | ||
| History and Geography | |||
| Former names | Tsaribrod | ||
| Center height | |||
| Timezone | UTC + 1 , in summer UTC + 2 | ||
| Population | |||
| Population | 6968 people ( 2002 ) | ||
| Nationalities | Bulgarians 50%, Serbs 25% | ||
| Digital identifiers | |||
| Telephone code | +381 10 | ||
| Postcode | 18320 | ||
| Car code | PI | ||
| dimitrovgrad.rs | |||
Toponym
In 1521, under Sultan Suleiman I, the area was called Tekvur Binari (royal fountain) and served as a residence.
Tsaribrod received its modern name after the Second World War . By a government decree, the city was named after the head of Bulgaria and the former head of the Comintern, George Dimitrov .
History
In 1885, during the Serbian-Bulgarian war, the city became the site of hostilities. First, it was occupied by the Danube division of the Serbs, and after the battle of Slivnitsa, Bulgarian troops occupied the city.
In 1888, the Bulgarian State Railways paved the way to the Serbian border, where through Dimitrovgrad the road connected with the Niche and allowed the passage of the Orient Express [1] . In the same year, the Hristo Botev reading room opened in the city.
In 1892, the Orthodox Church of the Nativity of the Virgin was built with the iconostasis of the Samokov School .
After the First World War, the city with the Western outskirts of what was then Bulgaria became part of Yugoslavia under the Noyisk Treaty .
Population
According to the 2002 census, the city population was 6968 people, of which:
| Nationality | Population | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| Bulgarians | 3,281 | 47.08% |
| Serbs | 1,735 | 24.89% |
| Yugoslavs | 425 | 6.09% |
| gypsies | 55 | 0.78% |
| Macedonians | 33 | 0.47% |
| Montenegrins | 14 | 0.20% |
| croats | five | 0.07% |
| slovenians | 3 | 0.04% |
| gorans | 2 | 0.02% |
| boshnyaki | 2 | 0.02% |
| Russians | one | 0.01% |
| not decided | 572 | 8.20% |
| Total | 6 968 | 100% |
Natives
- Zlatan Dudov - film director , communist.
See also
- Bosilegrad
Notes
- ↑ Werner Sölch. Orient-Express. Glanzzeit und Niedergang eines Luxuszuges. - 4. Auflage. - Düsseldorf: Alba Verlag, 1998 .-- S. 13.
Links
- Cultural and Information Center of the Bulgarians in Dimitrovgrad (archived, in Bulgarian.)