Popovo, Bulgaria

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Popovo, Bulgaria
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Popovo, Bulgaria Location of Popovo
Coordinates: 43°21′N 26°14′E / 43.350°N 26.233°E / 43.350; 26.233
Country	Bulgaria
Province (Oblast)	Targovishte
Government
• Mayor	Ludmil Veselinov
Elevation	210 m (690 ft)
Population  (Census 2021)[1]
• City	13,324
• Urban	23,819
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code	7800
Area code	0608

Popovo (Bulgarian: Попово [ˈpɔpovo], from поп, pop, meaning "priest", and the placename suffix -ovo, literally "the priest's village") is a town in northeastern Bulgaria, part of Targovishte Province. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Popovo Municipality. In 2021, it had a population of 13,324 and an absolute Bulgarian majority.^[1]

The town was first mentioned in an Ottoman tax register of 1555.

Popovo Saddle in Imeon Range on Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica is named after Popovo.^[2]