Nadezhda, Sofia
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Nadezhda is a district located it the north-western parts of Sofia
with an area of 19,300 decares. As of 2006 it has 77,000 inhabitants. It includes nine neighbourhoods: "Nadezhda" I, II, III and IV; "Tolstoi"; "Svoboda"; "Triagalnika"; "Iliyantsi" and "Trebich".
In 1906 there were only a few houses in the area where the road from Sofia to Lom passed through the fertile fields. Nadezhda received a neighbourhood status in 1924 and from September 1934 it became a centre of a municipality which included several villages. It derrived its name from Tsar Boris III
's youngest sister, Nadezhda.
There are many manufacturing plants. The main industrialactivities are machinery, electronics, chemical, pharmaceutical (Sopharma plant), furniture and others.
Nadezhda has two churches and a monastery. There are 13 schools, 13 kindergartens, 6 chitalishta
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The name "Nadezhda" is symbolic in that it is also the name of one of the three daughters of the city's patron saint - Saint Sophia (the three daughters were called Faith, Hope and Love).
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...
with an area of 19,300 decares. As of 2006 it has 77,000 inhabitants. It includes nine neighbourhoods: "Nadezhda" I, II, III and IV; "Tolstoi"; "Svoboda"; "Triagalnika"; "Iliyantsi" and "Trebich".
In 1906 there were only a few houses in the area where the road from Sofia to Lom passed through the fertile fields. Nadezhda received a neighbourhood status in 1924 and from September 1934 it became a centre of a municipality which included several villages. It derrived its name from Tsar Boris III
Boris III of Bulgaria
Boris III the Unifier, Tsar of Bulgaria , originally Boris Klemens Robert Maria Pius Ludwig Stanislaus Xaver , son of Ferdinand I, came to the throne in 1918 upon the abdication of his father, following the defeat of the Kingdom of Bulgaria during World War I...
's youngest sister, Nadezhda.
There are many manufacturing plants. The main industrialactivities are machinery, electronics, chemical, pharmaceutical (Sopharma plant), furniture and others.
Nadezhda has two churches and a monastery. There are 13 schools, 13 kindergartens, 6 chitalishta
Chitalishte
A chitalishte is a typical Bulgarian public institution and building which fulfils several functions at once, such as a community centre, library and a theatre. It is also used as an educational institution, where people of all ages can enroll in foreign language, dance, music and other courses....
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The name "Nadezhda" is symbolic in that it is also the name of one of the three daughters of the city's patron saint - Saint Sophia (the three daughters were called Faith, Hope and Love).