Levski, Pleven Province

For other uses, see Levski (disambiguation).
Levski
Левски
Town

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Levski

Location of Levski (town) in Pleven Province

Coordinates: 43°22′N 25°08′E / 43.367°N 25.133°E / 43.367; 25.133Coordinates: 43°22′N 25°08′E / 43.367°N 25.133°E / 43.367; 25.133
Country Bulgaria
Province (Oblast) Pleven
Municipality Levski
Government
  Mayor Liubka Aleksanrova (BSP)
Elevation 51 m (167 ft)
Population (2009-12-31)[1]
  Total 10,571
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Postal Code 5900
Area code(s) 0650

Levski (Bulgarian: Левски) is a town in central northern Bulgaria, an administrative center of the homonymous Levski Municipality in the very southeast of Pleven Province. It is located in the valley of the Osam River and was called Karağaç (Turkish for "black elm") during the Ottoman rule of Bulgaria and until 1897, when it was renamed after the Bulgarian national hero Vasil Levski. The then-village was proclaimed a town in 1945, reportedly the first to become one after World War II in Bulgaria. As of March 2015, it had a population of 10,811 inhabitants.[1]

Notable natives include actor Georgi Partsalev and writer Doncho Tsonchev.

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