Glavinitsa
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Glavinitsa is a town in northeastern Bulgaria
, part of Silistra Province
. It is the administrative centre of Glavinitsa Municipality
, which lies in the southwestern part of Silistra Province, in the historical region of Southern Dobruja
. As of December 2009, the town has a population of 1,928 inhabitants.
Glavinitsa is located in the eastern Danubian Plain
, on the road between Dulovo
and Tutrakan
. Its old name (until 1942) was Asvatköy. Glavinitsa was proclaimed a town on 5 September 1984.
Glavinitsa Peak
on Fallières Coast
in Antarctica is named after the village.
The population consists mostly of Bulgarians
and Turks
. There are 5 churches, 3 chapels and 17 mosques.
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
, part of Silistra Province
Silistra Province
Silistra Province is a province of Bulgaria, named after its main city - Silistra. It is divided into 7 municipalities with a total population, as of December 2009, of 127,659 inhabitants....
. It is the administrative centre of Glavinitsa Municipality
Glavinitsa Municipality
Glavinitsa Municipality is a municipality in Silistra Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located along the right bank of Danube river in the Danubian Plain in the area of the South Dobrudzha geographical region...
, which lies in the southwestern part of Silistra Province, in the historical region of Southern Dobruja
Southern Dobruja
Southern Dobruja is an area of north-eastern Bulgaria comprising the administrative districts named for its two principal cities of Dobrich and Silistra...
. As of December 2009, the town has a population of 1,928 inhabitants.
Glavinitsa is located in the eastern Danubian Plain
Danubian Plain (Bulgaria)
The Danubian Plain constitutes the northern part of Bulgaria, situated north of the Balkan Mountains and south of the Danube. Its western border is the Timok River and to the east it borders the Black Sea. The plain has an area of . It is about long and wide.The relief of the Danubian Plain is...
, on the road between Dulovo
Dulovo, Bulgaria
Dulovo is a town in Silistra Province in northeastern Bulgaria, the historical region of Southern Dobruja. As the administrative centre of the homonymous Dulovo Municipality, it is the third largest town in the province after Silistra and Tutrakan...
and Tutrakan
Tutrakan
Tutrakan is a town in northeastern Bulgaria, an administrative centre of the homonymous municipality, part of Silistra Province. It is situated on the right bank of the Danube opposite the Romanian town of Olteniţa , in the very west of Southern Dobruja, 58 km east of Rousse and 62 km...
. Its old name (until 1942) was Asvatköy. Glavinitsa was proclaimed a town on 5 September 1984.
Glavinitsa Peak
Glavinitsa Peak
Glavinitsa Peak is the peak rising to 1500 m in the central part of Rudozem Heights on Fallières Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica. It has precipitous and partly ice-free northwest and south slopes, and is surmounting Bader Glacier to the north and Bucher Glacier to the southwest.The peak is named...
on Fallières Coast
Fallieres Coast
Fallières Coast is that portion of the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula between the head of Bourgeois Fjord and Cape Jeremy and lies on Marguerite Bay and the Wordie Ice Shelf. On the south it is joined by Rymill Coast, and in the north by Loubet Coast. Fallières Coast was first explored in...
in Antarctica is named after the village.
Municipality
Glavinitsa municipality includes the following 23 places:
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Podleś -Places:*Mały Podleś*Nowy Podleś*Wielki Podleś*Podleś *Podles, Silistra Province, a village in Glavinitsa Municipality, Bulgaria... |
The population consists mostly of Bulgarians
Bulgarians
The Bulgarians are a South Slavic nation and ethnic group native to Bulgaria and neighbouring regions. Emigration has resulted in immigrant communities in a number of other countries.-History and ethnogenesis:...
and Turks
Turkish people
Turkish people, also known as the "Turks" , are an ethnic group primarily living in Turkey and in the former lands of the Ottoman Empire where Turkish minorities had been established in Bulgaria, Cyprus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Greece, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Romania...
. There are 5 churches, 3 chapels and 17 mosques.