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(Redirected from Pravetz) For the computer manufacturer, see Pravetz computers. Town in Sofia Province, Bulgaria
Pravets Правец
Town
Pravets in autumnPravets in autumn
Coat of arms of PravetsCoat of arms
Pravets is located in BulgariaPravetsPravetsLocation of Pravets within Bulgaria
Coordinates: 42°53′40″N 23°54′56″E / 42.89444°N 23.91556°E / 42.89444; 23.91556
CountryBulgaria
ProvinceSofia Province
Government
 • MayorRumen Guninski (BSP)
Area
 • Total46.073 km (17.789 sq mi)
Elevation440 m (1,440 ft)
Population
 • Total4,363
 • Density95/km (250/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code2161
Area code07133
Websitewww.pravets.bg

Pravets or Pravetz (Bulgarian: Правец, also transliterated as Pravec, pronounced [ˈpravɛt͡s]) is a town in Pravets Municipality in central western Bulgaria, located approximately 60 kilometres (37 mi) from the capital Sofia. Pravets is home town of Pravetz computers.

Pravets has a population of 4,512 people. Mountains surround it, which allows for a mild climate with rare winds. In the outskirts there is an artificial lake used for fishing and recreation. The town is the birthplace of Bulgaria's longtime communist president Todor Zhivkov. The first microprocessor factory in Bulgaria was established in Pravets. The computers produced there, which were among the first in Bulgaria, were named Pravetz.

Today, the town is most famous for its computers and technology systems high school and the Hyatt Pravets golf resort complex. There is also a language high school by the name of Aleko Konstantinov. It prepares many students who continue their undergraduate education in Bulgaria, England, the US, Germany, and France. The Professional Computing and Technology Systems high school is one of two technical schools in Bulgaria, which prepares students for the Technical University in Sofia, Bulgaria, and allows for direct admission to the university to its top students.

Gallery

  • The coat of arms of Pravets on a billboard The coat of arms of Pravets on a billboard
  • Todor Zhivkov memorial in Pravets Todor Zhivkov memorial in Pravets
  • Pravets in summer Pravets in summer
  • Pravets in winter Pravets in winter
  • Pravets in spring Pravets in spring
  • The Palace Hotel The Palace Hotel
  • Square Square
  • Square Square

External links

Media related to Pravets at Wikimedia Commons

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  • city status after the census of 01.02.2011: Ignatievo, Kran
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