Isperih
Isperih
Исперих | |
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UTC+3 (EEST) | |
Postal Code | 7400 |
Area code | 08331 |
Isperih (Bulgarian: Исперих [ispɛˈrix]; Turkish: Kemallar) is a town in northeastern Bulgaria, part of Razgrad Province, situated in the central part of the Ludogorie region. It is the administrative centre of the eponymous Isperih Municipality. As of December 2009, the town has a population of 9,017 inhabitants.[1]
Isperih was called Kemallar during the
The town has a mixed population of Bulgarians and Turks, with an Orthodox church and a mosque being present. Isperih emerged in 1545 at the place of a medieval settlement, with the earliest known traces of human presence in the area dating from the Bronze Age. The village was first mentioned as Kemallar in an Ottoman tax register from 1573 and was renamed Isperih in 1934, becoming a town on 31 January 1960.
The
American murder victim Senicha Lessman was originally from Isperih.
References
- ^ a b (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - towns in 2009 Archived 2010-11-13 at the Wayback Machine
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