Letnitsa is a town in central northern 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 Lovech Province

Lovech Province

Lovech Province is one of the 28 provinces of Bulgaria, lying at the northern centre of the country. It is named after its main city - Lovech. As of December 2009, the population of the area is 151,153.-Municipalities:...

. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Letnitsa Municipality

Letnitsa Municipality

Letnitsa Municipality is a small municipality in Lovech Province, Central-North Bulgaria, located on the border between the area of the Fore-Balkan and the Danubian Plain...

 and lies in the northeastern part of the province, close to the town of Levski

Levski (town)

Levski 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 during the Ottoman rule of Bulgaria and until 1897, when it was renamed...

. As of December 2009, the town has a population of 3,739 inhabitants.

Municipality

Letnitsa municipality includes the following four places:

• Gorsko Slivovo
• Karpachevo
• Krushuna
• Letnitsa

Honour

Letnitsa Glacier

Letnitsa Glacier

Letnitsa Glacier is a 1.8 km long glacier on Smith Island, South Shetland Islands draining the southeast slopes of Imeon Range east of Organa Peak and south of Riggs Peak. Flowing southeastward into Hisarya Cove, Osmar Strait. Bulgarian early mapping in 2009. Named after the town of...

 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 Letnitsa.