Sinemorets is a village and seaside resort

Seaside resort

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 on the Black Sea

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 coast of Bulgaria

Bulgaria

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, located in the very southeast of the country close to the border with Turkey

Turkey

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, where the river Veleka

Veleka

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 flows into the sea. Sinemorets is part of Tsarevo

Tsarevo

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 municipality, Burgas Province

Burgas Province

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, and has a population of 216 . Its coordinates are 42°4′N 27°59′E.

Ceramic fragments from the 5th-4th century BC have been found in the Potamya inlet south of the village, as well as anchors and metal casing of an ancient ships. The village was first mentioned in an Ottoman

Ottoman Empire

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 document in 1496; the population then consisted of only 16 Christian

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 families, as the attacks of sea pirates

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 had forced many to move to inland Strandzha

Strandzha

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. According to Austria

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n diplomat Wenzel von Bronjar who sailed near the village, in 1766 it had 17 houses and its population mainly engaged in wood export. According to another westerner, Enelholm, in 1824 it had 30 houses and was located somewhat inland, with only its pier on the coast. Again, the low population and the location is explained by the attacks of the Caucasian

Caucasus

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 Laz

Laz people

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 pirates.

After the Balkan Wars

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, the village and the surrounding area were ceded to Bulgaria. According to the Mollov-Kafandaris Agreement of 1927, the entire Greek

Greeks in Bulgaria

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 population of the village moved to Greece

Greece

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 and was substituted with Bulgarian refugees from Eastern Thrace. In 1926, it had 68 households. The current name dates back to 1934; prior to that, the village was known as Galadzaki (in Greek

Greek language

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) or Kalanca (in Turkish

Turkish language

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). The name Sinemorets is a direct translation of the Greek original, which is derived from γαλάζιος (galazios, "azure"). Since 1989, Sinemorets is officially a sea resort, and has developed rapidly after access to the border zone was allowed.

Honour

Sinemorets Hill

Sinemorets Hill

Sinemorets Hill is the second most prominent in the chain of hills surmounting Bulgarian Beach in eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica....

 on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands

South Shetland Islands

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, Antarctica is named after Sinemorets.