Varna

city in Varna municipality, Varna oblast, Bulgaria
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Summary

Varna is a large city[1]. Varna draws 10,776 Wikipedia views per month (large city category, ranking #2 of 4).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Varna[3]
  • Country: Bulgaria[4]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Black Sea[5], Lake Varna[6]
  • Head of government: Blagomir Kotsev[7]
  • Instance of: municipality seat[8], oblast seat[9], city in Bulgaria[10]
  • Official language: Bulgarian[11]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Levski[12], Mladost[13], Asparuhovo[14], Vladislav Varnenchik[15], Vazrazdane[16], Galata[17], Greek Neigborhood[18], Apricot garden[19], Kokardzha[20], Kolhozen pazar[21], Maksuda[22], Pobeda[23], Troshevo[24], Hristo Botev[25]
  • Twinned administrative body: Tashkent[26], Aalborg[27], Sarandë[28], Shëngjin[29], Amsterdam[30], Aqaba[31], Barcelona[32], Bayburt[33], Dordrecht[34], Genoa[35], Hamburg[36], Kavala[37], Kharkiv[38], Liverpool[39]
  • Postal code: 9000–9030[40], 9103[41]
  • Commons category: Varna[42]
  • Local dialing code: 052[43]
  • Inception: 575 BC[44]
  • Significant event: Siege of Varna (1828)[45]
  • Official website: https://varna.bg[46]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Varna, Bulgaria[47]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Varna include Varna Airport[48], an international airport[49], in Bulgaria[50] and Varna culture[51], an archaeological culture[52], in Bulgaria[53].

Why It Matters

Varna has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[54] Varna is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[55]

Entities named for Varna include Varna Airport[48], an international airport[49], in Bulgaria[50] and Varna culture[51], an archaeological culture[52], in Bulgaria[53].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [10] ↑ . NRPP. Retrieved . nsi.bg. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . NRPP. Retrieved . nsi.bg. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  32. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [38] ↑ . infocity.kharkiv.ua. infocity.kharkiv.ua. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . bgpost.bg. bgpost.bg. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [51] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [49] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [50] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [52] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [53] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [54] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [55] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · BGPopBot bot · 2026-10-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetqualifier-add:1| */ Pronunciation: Ва̀рна, add pronunciation (P7243) with NRPP stress mark on preferred official name (P1448)"
  2. 2d ago · Nikola Tulechki · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Native label → {'lang': 'bg', 'text': 'Варна'}
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Native label: Варна, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/291054|batch #291054]]"
  3. 2d ago · Nikola Tulechki · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Native label → {'lang': 'bg', 'text': 'Варна'}
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Native label: Варна, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/291012|batch #291012]]"
  4. 16d ago · Nikola Tulechki · 2026-10-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'an', 'ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'az', 'azb', 'ba', 'ban', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg
    Native label → {'lang': 'bg', 'text': 'Варна'}
    Sitelink count → 121
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Native label: Ва̀рна, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/286655|batch #286655]]"
  5. 12w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → {'amount': '+338766'}, {'amount': '+343739'}, {'amount': '+343338'} +30
    Located in time zone → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/43532|batch #43532]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  6. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Otto's encyclopedia, Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary +7
    Nomisma id → odessus
    Instance of → large city, municipality seat, oblast seat +1
    Head of government → Ivan Portnih, Blagomir Kotsev
    + 43 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ Yso id: 159902, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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