Stamboliyski is a town in southern Bulgaria

Bulgaria

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, part of Plovdiv Province

Plovdiv Province

Plovdiv Province is a province in central southern Bulgaria. It comprises 18 municipalities on a territory of 5,972.9 km² with a total population, as of December 2009, of 701,684 inhabitants...

. It emerged in 1873-1875, when the Istanbul

Istanbul

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-Belovo

Belovo, Bulgaria

Belovo is a town in South West Bulgaria. It is located in Pazardzhik Province, where the Yadenitza flows into the Maritza river, at the foot of three mountain ranges , on the western end of the Thracian Plain...

 railway was built. It was initially called Gara Krichim ('Krichim Station') after the largest village in the vicinity then, Krichim

Krichim

Krichim is a town in southern Bulgaria, located in the southwestern part of Plovdiv Province close to Perushtitsa. It lies at the foot of the Rhodopes' northern slopes in the plains of Thrace, 20 km southwest of Plovdiv. The river Vacha, an important tributary of the Maritsa, runs through the...

.

The first settlers came from Brestovitsa

Brestovitsa

Brestovitsa may refer to two villages in Bulgaria:*Brestovitsa, Rousse Province and*Brestovitsa, Plovdiv Province...

 and Perushtitsa

Perushtitsa

Perushtitsa or Perushtitza is a Bulgarian town located in the Plovdiv Oblast at the foot of the Rhodopes. It is located about 22 kilometers south of Plovdiv....

, which together with railway workers from Peshtera

Peshtera

Peshtera is a town in southwestern Bulgaria, part of Pazardzhik Province, located in the Upper Thracian Lowlands at the foot of the Western Rhodopes. It takes its name from the many caves found in the vicinity. The town is the administrative centre of the homonymous Peshtera Municipality...

 established a village north of the railway line, which in 1926 had 224 residents. Refugees from the parts of Thrace

Thrace

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 and Macedonia

Macedonia (region)

Macedonia is a geographical and historical region of the Balkan peninsula in southeastern Europe. Its boundaries have changed considerably over time, but nowadays the region is considered to include parts of five Balkan countries: Greece, the Republic of Macedonia, Bulgaria, Albania, Serbia, as...

 under foreign rule arrived in 1926-1928 and the population grew to 554 in 1934. Industrialist from the larger cities founded factories in Gara Krichim and the village developed into a regional centre of industry and transport. It was proclaimed a town in 1964, and after the village of Krichim also acquired town status in 1969, it was renaimed Novi Krichim ('New Krichim'). In 1979, the name was changed to Stamboliyski in honour of Aleksandar Stamboliyski

Aleksandar Stamboliyski

Aleksandar Stamboliyski was the prime minister of Bulgaria from 1919 until 1923. Stamboliyski was a member of the Agrarian Union, an agrarian peasant movement which was not allied to the monarchy, and edited their newspaper...

, a former Prime Minister of Bulgaria and agrarian

Agrarianism

Agrarianism has two common meanings. The first meaning refers to a social philosophy or political philosophy which values rural society as superior to urban society, the independent farmer as superior to the paid worker, and sees farming as a way of life that can shape the ideal social values...

leader.

Regular events

Once a year a celebration of the city, which lasted three days. The date changes each year according to the religious holiday Holy Spirit. Also, every Saturday a market near the center.

Public institutions

Community Center Vaptsarov develop the following activities:
Youth Dance Ensemble Yuzhnyache;
Kids Vocal Studio eolian;
Schools ballet and art;
Music schools;
Courses in English and German;
Football team Thrace;
City Stamboliyski successful develop "Taekwondo Club Trakiec - coach Dimitar Tonchev is a martial arts teacher with long experience from Bulgaria and abroad. In the last year training athletes of the club brought 15 medals and awards from national competitions in Bulgaria taekwondo version "WTF". This is the only club "WTF" Taekwondo in Southern Bulgaria. The hall is located in Shopping Center Boulevard.
Schools
School "Hristo Botev"
School Father Paisii
School "Hristo Smirnenski

Municipality Stamboliyski

Stamboliyski municipality is located in South Bulgaria and is one of the municipalities of Plovdiv. The municipality has five cities with a total population of 21,030 inhabitants (15:12:10 on). Mayor of Stamboliyski is Ivan Atanasov.

Places in the municipality Stamboliyski:

Joakim Gruev

Kurtovo Konare

Novo Selo

Stamboliyski

Trivoditsi