Pordim is a town in Pleven Province

Pleven Province

Pleven Province is a province located in central northern Bulgaria, bordering the Danube river, Romania and the Bulgarian provinces of Vratsa, Veliko Tarnovo and Lovech. It is divided into 11 subdivisions, called municipalities, that embrace a territory of 4,333.54 km² with a population, as...

 in central northern Bulgaria

Bulgaria

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. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Pordim municipality

Pordim Municipality

Pordim Municipality is a municipality in Pleven Province, Northern Bulgaria. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Pordim....

. The town lies at 155 metres above sea level in the Danubian Plain

Danubian Plain (Bulgaria)

The Danubian Plain constitutes the northern part of Bulgaria, situated north of the Balkan Mountains and south of the Danube. Its western border is the Timok River and to the east it borders the Black Sea. The plain has an area of . It is about long and wide.The relief of the Danubian Plain is...

. As of December 2009, it has a population of 2,117 inhabitants.

Pordim is thought to be the site of the first ever telephone

Telephone

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 connection in Bulgaria, during the Siege of Plevna of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78. It linked Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia

Russia

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 with Prince Carol I

Carol I of Romania

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 of Romania

Romania

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.

The town played an active part in the war of 1877-78 and boasts two museums, the Alexander II

Alexander II of Russia

Alexander II , also known as Alexander the Liberator was the Emperor of the Russian Empire from 3 March 1855 until his assassination in 1881...

 Russian Museum and the Carol I Romanian Museum, both houses in the authentic buildings where the two heads of state stayed during the battle for Pleven, commanding their respective forces.

Honour

Pordim Islands

Pordim Islands

Pordim Islands are two adjacent islands situated east-northeast of Heywood Island and northwest of Catharina Point on Robert Island, South Shetland Islands. Extending in east-southeast to west-northwest direction. The larger islet has a surface area of . Bulgarian early early mapping in 2009...

 off Robert Island, South Shetland Islands

South Shetland Islands

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are named after Pordim.