Voynyagovo
Voynyagovo (Bulgarian: Войнягово) is a village in central southern Bulgaria, part of Karlovo Municipality, Plovdiv Province. As of 2008, it has a population of 1,260. The village lies in the Sredna Gora mountains, 318 metres (1,043 ft) above sea level.
Voynyagovo
Войнягово | |
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Village | |
Voynyagovo Location in Bulgaria | |
| Coordinates: 42°34′N 24°45′E | |
| Country | Bulgaria |
| Province (Oblast) | Plovdiv |
| Municipality | Karlovo |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Todor Tankovski (Independent) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 34.198 km2 (13.204 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 318 m (1,043 ft) |
| Population (2013-06-15)[1] | |
| • Total | 1,158 |
| • Density | 34/km2 (88/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal Code | 4347 |
| Area code | 031393 |
| Vehicle registration | РВ |
| Website | http://www.voynyagovo.free.bg |
History
Legend has it that the founder of the village was the boyar Voyneg, who gathered the huts scattered along Sredna Gora in a village. The village in the time of the Second Bulgarian Kingdom had the status of a military settlement. By 1829 part of the population of Voynyagovo emigrated with the Russian troops of Gen. Dibic-Zabalkanski during their withdrawal in Bessarabia, in the villages of Kamber and Baskoy (now Romania). Revolutionary and national hero Vasil Levski was a teacher in the village, and a Vasil Levski Culture Centre was established in 1900.
Religion
There is a Church of Saint Dimitar, an Orthodox church, in the village.