Vrabcha

Vrabcha Врабча
Vrabcha Location of Vrabcha
Coordinates: 42°52′0″N 22°42′24″E / 42.86667°N 22.70667°ECoordinates: 42°52′0″N 22°42′24″E / 42.86667°N 22.70667°E
Country	Bulgaria
Provinces (Oblast)	Pernik
Government
• Mayor	Stanislav Nikolov
Elevation	883 m (2,897 ft)
Population (2008)
• Total	51
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal Code	2470
Area code(s)	07733
License plate	PK

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Vrabcha (Bulgarian: Врабча) is a small divided village in Tran Municipality, Pernik Province. It is located in western Bulgaria, 70 km from the capital city of Sofia and 10 km from the town of Tran. The village was first mentioned in 1453 as Vrabets (Virabeç); its name is derived from the Bulgarian word for cock sparrow, vrabets (врабец).^[1] Vrabcha is bisected by the Bulgarian-Serbian border, its Serbian part is called Vrapča (Врапча) and lies in Dimitrovgrad municipality, Pirot District.

Vrabcha Cove in Heywood Island off Robert Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica is named after Vrabcha.^[2]

References

1. Чолева-Димитрова, Анна М. (2002). Селищни имена от Югозападна България: Изследване. Речник (in Bulgarian). София: Пенсофт. p. 107. ISBN 954-642-168-5. OCLC 57603720.
2. Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica: Vrabcha Cove.