Veliko Tarnovo
city in Veliko Tarnovo municipality, Veliko Tarnovo oblast, Bulgaria
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Summary
Veliko Tarnovo is a municipality seat[1]. It ranks in the top 0.49% of municipality seat entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,397 views/month, #1 of 203).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: World Tourism Cities Federation[3], League of Historical Cities[4]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Veliko Tarnovo[5]
- Country: Bulgaria[6]
- Head of government: Daniel Panov[7]
- Instance of: oblast seat[8], city in Bulgaria[9]
- Official language: Bulgarian[10]
- Twinned administrative body: Kraków[11], Iași[12], Niš[13], Toledo[14], Ohrid[15], Poltava[16], Tver[17], Bayonne[18], Serres[19], Sopron[20], Colonia Tovar[21], Tarxien[22], Tekirdağ[23], Asti[24]
- Postal code: 5000[25]
- Commons category: Veliko Tarnovo[26]
- Licence plate code: ВТ[27]
- Local dialing code: 062[28]
- Official website: https://www.veliko-tarnovo.bg/bg/[29]
- Topic's main category: Category:Veliko Tarnovo[30]
- Population: 75,227[31], 86,434[32], 74,843[33], 86,769[34], 73,855[35], 79,680[36], 73,112[37], 75,278[38], 16,200[39], 66,819[40], 66,259[41], 66,228[42], 66,145[43], 66,272[44]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Veliko Tarnovo include Theodosius of Tarnovo[45], an Eastern Orthodox priest[46], 1300–1363[47] and Veliko Tarnovo Award[48], an award[49], in Bulgaria[50], founded in 1996[51].
Why It Matters
Veliko Tarnovo has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[52] It is known by 83 alternative names across languages and contexts.[53]
Entities named for it include Theodosius of Tarnovo[45], an Eastern Orthodox priest[46], 1300–1363[47] and Veliko Tarnovo Award[48], an award[49], in Bulgaria[50], founded in 1996[51].