Bratsigovo
Брацигово | |
|---|---|
 St John the Precursor Church | |
 Coat of arms | |
  Bratsigovo Location of Bratsigovo | |
| Coordinates: 42°1′N 24°22′E / 42.017°N 24.367°E | |
| Country | Bulgaria |
| Provinces (Oblast) | Pazardzhik |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Nadezhda Kazakova |
| Elevation | 599 m (1,965 ft) |
| Population (15.12.2004) | |
• Total | 4,646 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal Code | 4579 |
| Area code | 03552 |
Bratsigovo (Bulgarian: Брацигово [brɐˈt͡siɡovo]) is a town in Southern Bulgaria. It is located in the foothills of the Rhodope Mountains, on the banks of the Umishka River in Pazardzhik oblast, and is close to the towns of Peshtera and Krichim.
Bratsigovo Hills on Trinity Peninsula in Antarctica are named after the town.[1]
Some Aromanians live in Bratsigovo.[2]
- ^ SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
- ^ Kyurkchiev, Nikolai (2006). "The Aromânians: an ethnos and language with a 2000-year history". International Journal of the Sociology of Language. 2006 (179): 115–129. doi:10.1515/IJSL.2006.029. S2CID 144939846.