Dalgopol is a town in northeastern Bulgaria

Bulgaria

Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...

, part of Varna Province. It is the administrative centre of Dalgopol Municipality

Dalgopol Municipality

Dalgopol Municipality is a municipality in Varna Province, Northeastern Bulgaria. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Dalgopol....

, which lies in the southwestern part of the Province. As of December 2009, the town has a population of 4,829 inhabitants.

Dalgopol lies 70 kilometres east of the provincial capital of Varna

Varna

Varna is the largest city and seaside resort on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast and third-largest in Bulgaria after Sofia and Plovdiv, with a population of 334,870 inhabitants according to Census 2011...

, near the Tsonevo Reservoir

Tsonevo (dam)

Tsonevo Reservoir is a reservoir located in the valley of the Luda Kamchia River, 1 km from the village of Tsonevo.The reservoir ranks third in size in Bulgaria with water service of 17300 decameters. Its old name was Georgi Traikov. It has warm waters, and is used for water supply and...

, in the eastern part of the Varbitsa

Varbitsa (town)

Varbitsa is a town in eastern Bulgaria, part of Shumen Province. It is the administrative centre of Varbitsa Municipality, which lies in the southwestern part of Shumen Province. As of December 2009, the town has a population of 3,585 inhabitants....

 Balkan Mountains

Balkan Mountains

The Balkan mountain range is a mountain range in the eastern part of the Balkan Peninsula. The Balkan range runs 560 km from the Vrashka Chuka Peak on the border between Bulgaria and eastern Serbia eastward through central Bulgaria to Cape Emine on the Black Sea...

. The town's name comes from the phrase "long field" in Bulgarian, which is a popular placename around the world, equivalent to Langenfeld

Langenfeld

There are communes and places that have the name Langenfeld in Germany:*Langenfeld, Bavaria, in the Neustadt district, Mittelfranken, Bavaria*Langenfeld, Mayen-Koblenz, in the Mayen-Koblenz district, Rhineland-Palatinate...

, Longfield

Longfield

Longfield is a village in the Dartford borough of Kent. It is located four miles south east of Dartford and near Gravesend. It contains several shops, a pub, and a 14th century church...

, Câmpulung

Câmpulung

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, Dugopolje

Dugopolje

Dugopolje is a highly developed municipality in Croatia in the Split-Dalmatia county. It has a population of over 3500, 99.5% which are Croats. Noted in Dugopolje is a vranjaca, or cave. The city of Split, where considerable early history is centred, is located 15 km from Dugopolje...

, etc.

Municipality

Dalgopol municipality has an area of 442 square kilometres and includes the following 16 places:

Arkovna Asparuhovo Boryana Dalgopol Kamen Dyal Komunari Krasimir Lopushna

Medovets Partizani Polyatsite Royak Sava Sladka voda Tsonevo Tsonevo Tsonevo is a village located in the Luda Kamchiya Valley in Dalgopol Municipality, Varna Province, Bulgaria.... Velichkovo

Honour

Dalgopol Glacier

Dalgopol Glacier

Dalgopol Glacier is a 3.4 km long glacier on Smith Island, South Shetland Islands draining the northwest slopes of Imeon Range. Flowing north of Mount Pisgah and northwest of Mezek Peak into Drake Passage. Bulgarian early mapping in 2008. Named after the town of Dalgopol in northeastern...

 on Smith Island

Smith Island (South Shetland Islands)

Smith Island is long and wide, lying west of Deception Island in the South Shetland Islands of the British Antarctic Territory. Surface area ....

, South Shetland Islands

South Shetland Islands

The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands, lying about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, with a total area of . By the Antarctic Treaty of 1959, the Islands' sovereignty is neither recognized nor disputed by the signatories and they are free for use by any signatory for...

is named after Dalgopol.

External links

• Dalgopol municipality website