Novi Pazar, Shumen Province

Coordinates: 43°21′N 27°12′E / 43.350°N 27.200°E / 43.350; 27.200
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Novi Pazar, Bulgaria
UTC+3 (EEST
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Postal Code
9900

Novi Pazar (

Provadiya plateaus, on the banks of the Kriva Reka ("twisting river"). It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Novi Pazar Municipality. As of December 2009, the town has a population of 12,673 inhabitants.[1][2][3]

History

The town may have been first mentioned in 1444 in a document by the German writer

Russo-Turkish Wars many Bulgarians from the region fled to Bessarabia and established the community of the Bessarabian Bulgarians
.

A

Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78, not being a site of significant fighting. It became part of the Principality of Bulgaria
and many Turks fled to be replaced with Bulgarians from the ethnic Bulgarian lands that were left outside the country's borders of the time. Novi Pazar became a town in 1883.

Population

Novi Pazar
Year 1887 1910 1934 1946 1956 1965 1975 1985 1992 2001 2005 2009 2011 2021
Population no data no data no data 5,477 9,138 12,467 15,754 16,320 14,284 13,542 13,025 12,673 ?? ??
Highest number ?? in ??
Sources: National Statistical Institute,[1] citypopulation.de,[2] pop-stat.mashke.org,[3] Bulgarian Academy of Sciences[5]

Twin towns – sister cities

Novi Pazar is

twinned
with:

References

  1. ^ a b c (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009
  2. ^ a b c (in English) „WorldCityPopulation“
  3. ^ a b c „pop-stat.mashke.org“
  4. ^ "Historical information about Novi pazar" (in Bulgarian). Archived from the original on December 19, 2008. Retrieved 2006-06-08.
  5. ^ (in Bulgarian) Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine

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