Stara Zagora COORDINATES: Latitude in Decimal Degrees: +42.26 Longitude in Decimal Degrees: +25.39 Elevation in Meters: 196 M

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Stara Zagora COORDINATES: Latitude in decimal degrees: +42.26 Longitude in decimal degrees: +25.39 Elevation in meters: 196 m. asl

Stara Zagora is a city in Bulgaria, and a nationally important economic center. Located in Southern Bulgaria, it is the administrative capital of the homonymous Stara Zagora Province. As of February 2011, the city has a population of 138,272 inhabitants.According to Operative Program Regional Development of Bulgaria the agglomeration of Stara Zagora is the fifth largest in Bulgaria and has a population of 213,444 inhabitants.Stara Zagora is known as the city of straight streets, linden trees, and poets.The favourable geographic and climatic conditions of the territory around Stara Zagora contributed to the establishment of several prehistoric settlements in the remote past. More than 100 prehistoric mounds from the 6th to 3rd millennium BC were found in the vicinity of Stara Zagora. One of them, the Bereketska mound, is the largest in Bulgaria, containing traces of people that lived there from the New Stone Age (6th millennium BC) to the Middle Ages (12th century). A prehistoric settlement can be found within the city itself. Two dwellings from the New Stone Age are preserved in the Neolithic Dwellings Museum.Located at the cross-roads of multiple civilizations, Stara Zagora is an important piece in the European cultural routes mosaic. Inhabited by Thracians, ancient Greeks, Romans, Ottomans and Bulgarians, this unique city bears the historical imprint of those past civilizations along with many of their historical treasures.

Geography and climate:

Stara Zagora is the administrative centre of its municipality and the Stara Zagora Province. It is located about 231 kilometres (144 mi) away from Sofia, near the Bedechka river in the historic region of Thrace.

The city is located in an area of transitional continental climate with considerable Mediterranean influence. The average yearly temperature is about 13 °C (55 °F).

Climate data for Stara Zagora Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year Record high 18.2 23.7 28.3 31.6 37.1 38.6 42 42.2 37.7 34 24.5 19.7 42.2 °C (°F) (64.8) (74.7) (82.9) (88.9) (98.8) (101.5) (108) (108) (99.9) (93) (76.1) (67.5) (108) Average 4.5 7.1 11.2 17.9 23.1 27.1 30.1 30 25.8 19.4 12.2 6.7 17.93 high °C (°F) (40.1) (44.8) (52.2) (64.2) (73.6) (80.8) (86.2) (86) (78.4) (66.9) (54) (44.1) (64.27) Daily mean 1 3 6.5 12.5 17.5 21.4 24 23.8 19.7 13.8 8.4 3.4 12.92 °C (°F) (34) (37) (43.7) (54.5) (63.5) (70.5) (75) (74.8) (67.5) (56.8) (47.1) (38.1) (55.21) Average low −2.1 −0.7 1.9 7 11.7 15.4 17.7 17.5 13.8 9.1 4.9 0.2 8.03 °C (°F) (28.2) (30.7) (35.4) (45) (53.1) (59.7) (63.9) (63.5) (56.8) (48.4) (40.8) (32.4) (46.49) Record low −24.2 −19.1 −12.3 −3.5 −0.3 6 7.1 7.7 0.1 −5.4 −7.9 −17.1 −24.2 °C (°F) (−11.6) (−2.4) (9.9) (25.7) (31.5) (43) (44.8) (45.9) (32.2) (22.3) (17.8) (1.2) (−11.6) Precipitation 21.9 24 26.5 32.8 44.6 36 38.8 27.7 35 24.4 33.6 39.6 384.9 mm (inches) (0.862) (0.94) (1.043) (1.291) (1.756) (1.42) (1.528) (1.091) (1.38) (0.961) (1.323) (1.559) (15.154)

Sport:

Municipal sports facilities: Indoor swimming pool – “Tsar Ivan Shishman str.” No.60 Tennis complex – Park “Mitropolit Metody Kusev” Tennis complex - “Tsar Ivan Shishman str.” No.60 (behind Central Post) Municipal children’s center sports hall – “Balgarsko opalchenie str.” No.85 Gymnastics and acrobatics sports hall – sport complex “Beroe” Table tennis sports hall – sport complex “Beroe” Municipal stadium “Beroe” – running track Indoor running track SOUTH sports hall – stadium “Beroe” Racecourse sports complex Wrestling sports hall – “General Stoletov str” “Beroe” sports hall – “Tsar Ivan Shishman str.” No.60 Stara Zagora sports hall Bodybuilding sports hall – complex lake Zagorka Sports complex Football “Beroe” Sports complex – Kolyo Ganchev

Private sport facilities: Rhythmic Gymnastics sports club “Olimp” Swimming sports club “Trayana” Kick-boxing sports club “Hara”

Airport:

Distance to Sofia airport: 230 km