Northern district is a district of Plovdiv

Plovdiv

Plovdiv is the second-largest city in Bulgaria after Sofia with a population of 338,153 inhabitants according to Census 2011. Plovdiv's history spans some 6,000 years, with traces of a Neolithic settlement dating to roughly 4000 BC; it is one of the oldest cities in Europe...

, southern 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...

. It is often referred by the citizens as Karshiaka meaning "the other bank" in Turkish

Turkish language

Turkish is a language spoken as a native language by over 83 million people worldwide, making it the most commonly spoken of the Turkic languages. Its speakers are located predominantly in Turkey and Northern Cyprus with smaller groups in Iraq, Greece, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo,...

. It has 53,870 inhabitants. The district is located on the northern bank of the Maritsa

Maritsa

The Maritsa or Evros , ) is, with a length of 480 km, the longest river that runs solely in the interior of the Balkans. It has its origin in the Rila Mountains in Western Bulgaria, flowing southeast between the Balkan and Rhodope Mountains, past Plovdiv and Parvomay to Edirne, Turkey...

 river.

Structure

The district includes the neighbourhoods of Jurii Gagarin, Filipovo, Zaharna Fabrikia, Sheker Mahala

Sheker Mahala

Sheker Mahala is the second biggest Roma ghetto in Plovdiv. Its population is 10 000. Only 2 000 of them identify themselves as Roma, the rest identify themselves as people of Turkish origin. The district is in the northwestern outskirts of the town....

(Todor Kableshkov neighbourhood or Benkovski neighbourhood), Gaganitsa and Harman Mahala

Arman Mahala

Harman Mahala is the fourthly biggest Roma ghetto in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. It is located in the northern part of the city near the road to Karlovo....

(Hadzhi Dimitar heighbourhood). The 8,000-seat stadium of FC Maritsa Plovdiv

FC Maritsa Plovdiv

Maritsa FC is a Bulgarian football club from the city of Plovdiv. Established in 1921 after the merger of Karshiaka's teams Vampir and Trite Konski Sili....

 is located in the western part of the district.

The transport infrastructure includes Filipovo railway station and bus station

Bus station

A bus station is a structure where city or intercity buses stop to pick up and drop off passengers. It is larger than a bus stop, which is usually simply a place on the roadside, where buses can stop...

 "Sever" (meaning north in Bulgarian).

The Plovdiv International Fair is situated in the eastern parts of the district. There are three large hotels: Novotel Plovdiv

Novotel Plovdiv

Novotel Plovdiv is a five-star hotel situated in Bulgaria's second-largest city Plovdiv. It is located in the Northern district in the central part of the city to the north of the Maritsa River and in the vicinity of the International Fair Plovdiv...

, Maritsa Hotel

Maritsa Hotel

The Maritsa Hotel is a four-star hotel located in the second-largest city in Bulgaria, Plovdiv. The hotel is situated on the northern bank of the Maritsa River facing the Plovdiv International Fair across the Tsar Boris III Blvd, in the Northern district of the city.The hotel has 47 single rooms,...

 and Sankt Peterburg Hotel (which is currently the tallest building in Plovdiv).

Administration

The mayor of the Northern district is Dr Ina Filipova from the coalition GERB

Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria

Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria , abbreviated GERB , is a Bulgarian centre-right political party established on March 13 2006. It has been Bulgaria's ruling party since 2009....

-IMRO – Bulgarian National Movement

IMRO – Bulgarian National Movement

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.

Schools

The schools include:

• Plovdiv English Language School
• Ivan Vazov Language Schools
• Peyo Yavorov High School