Kotel, Bulgaria

Kotel (Bulgarian: Котел [ˈkɔtɛɫ]) is a town in central Bulgaria, part of Sliven Province. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Kotel Municipality. In 2016, the town had a population of 5,329.^[1]

Kotel is known for the numerous personalities of the

Kotel was settled during the beginning of the Ottoman occupation of Bulgaria, when people fled from neighboring cities and towns. The earliest information about the town is found in an Ottoman Turkish register from 1486. In 1894, much of Kotel was destroyed in a fire.

Kotel Gap on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, is named after Kotel.

Kotel Literary School was established in the 16th century. Sophronius of Vratsa is a prominent representative of this school.

• Filip Kutev's National School for Folk Arts
• Georgi Rakovski high school

The Saglasie-Napredak 1870 cultural center was founded in 1870.

There is a strong sheep farming tradition in the region, which includes the practice of transhumance, migrating the sheep from lowland winter pastures to mountain summer pastures. This was profiled in a BBC Radio 4 documentary.^[2]

• Georgi Sava Rakovski, revolutionary
• Petar Beron, scientist, philosopher and educator
• Gavril Krastevich, governor General of Eastern Rumelia
• Stefan Bogoridi, prince of Samos
• Sophronius of Vratsa, theologian, Bulgarian nationalist

• Kotel History

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