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(Redirected from Strajica) For the village in Dobrich Province, see Strazhitsa (village). Place in Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria
Strazhitsa Стражица
Strazhitsa is located in BulgariaStrazhitsaStrazhitsaLocation of Strazhitsa
Coordinates: 43°14′N 25°58′E / 43.233°N 25.967°E / 43.233; 25.967
CountryBulgaria
Provinces
(oblast)		Veliko Tarnovo
Government
 • MayorYordan Tsonev
Population
 • Total5,069
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code5150
Area code06161

Strazhitsa (Bulgarian: Стражица, romanized: Stražica, pronounced [ˈstraʒit͡sɐ]) is a town in northeastern Bulgaria, part of Veliko Tarnovo Province. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Strazhitsa Municipality, which lies in the eastern part of the Province. The town is located in the central Danubian Plain, not far from the Balkan Mountains, 45 kilometres northeast of the provincial capital of Veliko Tarnovo. As of March 2024, it had a population of 5,69.

Strazhitsa has a railway station on the Sofia-Varna railway line, located some 33 km from the railway station of Popovo and some 27 km from the railway station of Gorna Oryahovitsa.

The town was badly damaged by an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7 on 7 December 1986. Strazhitsa has an art gallery, an Eastern Orthodox church dedicated to the Dormition of the Mother of God, as well as a museum of local history. Strazhitsa's name comes from the Bulgarian root strazh (страж), meaning "guard".

Municipality

Main article: Strazhitsa Municipality

Strazhitsa municipality covers an area of 512 square kilometres (198 sq mi) and includes the following 22 places:

References

  1. ^ Civil Registration and Administrative Services General Directorate data

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  • city status after the census of 01.02.2011: Ignatievo, Kran
Municipalities of Veliko Tarnovo Province

43°14′N 25°58′E / 43.233°N 25.967°E / 43.233; 25.967


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