Bozhurishte is a town in western 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 the administrative center of Bozhurishte Municipality in Sofia Province

Sofia Province

Sofia Province is a province of Bulgaria. The province does not include Sofia in its territories, but Sofia however remains its administrative center...

; close to Kostinbrod

Kostinbrod

Kostinbrod is a town in western Bulgaria. It is located 15 km west of the capital city of Sofia. It is located on two important transport corridors: Lom — Sofia — Thessaloniki and Sofia — Belgrade...

 and the capital Sofia

Sofia

Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria and the 12th largest city in the European Union with a population of 1.27 million people. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of Mount Vitosha and approximately at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula.Prehistoric settlements were excavated...

. The old airport

Airport

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 of Sofia

Sofia

Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria and the 12th largest city in the European Union with a population of 1.27 million people. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of Mount Vitosha and approximately at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula.Prehistoric settlements were excavated...

, now a military one, is near the town. Bozhurishte was first mentioned in 1750. Its name is derived from the flower peony

Peony

Peony or paeony is a name for plants in the genus Paeonia, the only genus in the flowering plant family Paeoniaceae. They are native to Asia, southern Europe and western North America...

 (божур, bojur).

TEREM

TEREM

TEREM is a Bulgarian arms supplier for the Bulgarian armed forces. It is also engaged with repairing military aircraft and vehicles, as well as their components. It is partly responsible for the local production of APCs and IFVs, radio equipment and spare parts for different types of machinery....

, a former weapons manufacturer owned by the government and recently sold to private investors operates from Bozhurishte.
Logistics Park Bozhurishte is also part of the city economy and stands as the only large logistics

Logistics

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, strategic storage and light industrial project in the small city.