Slatina is a district located in the eastern parts of 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...

. it has 65,772 inhabitants. The district has an area of 13.25 km² which counts for 6.69% of the total Capital Municipality area. It is a flat country with some heights to the west.

Slatina, then a village, was first mentioned in 1420 as İslatina. Its name is derived from the common Bulgarian noun slatina

Slatina

Slatina refers to a number of geographical objects in Europe:In Albania:* another name for Slatine and for SllatinaIn Antarctica* Slatina Peak...

, "saline spring", itself from the adjective slat ("salt

Salt

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y, saline"). The word is attested in Old Bulgarian

Old Church Slavonic

Old Church Slavonic or Old Church Slavic was the first literary Slavic language, first developed by the 9th century Byzantine Greek missionaries Saints Cyril and Methodius who were credited with standardizing the language and using it for translating the Bible and other Ancient Greek...

 as СЛАТИНА, "bog, swamp, marsh", "non-squirting spring". The name is popular in Bulgarian

Bulgarian placename etymology

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 and Slavic

Slavic languages

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 toponymy.

Its borders follow Iskarsko Shose Str., Iskar

Iskar

The Iskar is, with a length of 368 km, the longest river that runs solely in Bulgaria, and a tributary of the Danube.The Iskar is formed by three rivers, the Cherni Iskar, Beli Iskar and Levi Iskar , with the source being accepted to be the Prav Iskar, a tributary of the Cherni Iskar...

 river, Tsarigradsko Shose Blvd, Sitnyakovo Blvd, Boyan Magesnik Str, Stoyan Popov Str and Letostrui Str. Slatina includes five neighbourhoods: "Yavorov"; "Geo Milev"; "Hristo Smirnenski"; "Reduta" and "Hristo Botev". "Reduta" neighbourhood is the highest place in the capital.

There are 23 hectares of green spaces and 3 parks. There are several important institutions, such as the Minisry of Domestic Affairs, Committee for Exploiting Nuclear Energy for Peaceful Purposes, and State Music Academy "Pancho Vladigerov". The embassies of Sweden

Sweden

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, China

China

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, India

India

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 and Romania

Romania

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 are located there. There are also two sports halls: "Festivalna" and "Universiada".

Economy

Service and manufacturing industry are the backbone of the economy. There are large machine-building and electronics plants such as "Electronika", "Lidi-R", "Meditsinska Tehnika Inzhenering". There are also food processing plants. One of the symbols of the capital, Pliska Hotel is located within the district. Sky City Mall

Sky City Mall

Sky City Mall is a shopping mall located in the eastern part of the Bulgarian capital Sofia, in the municipality of Slatina. It is located in a close proximity to the Pliska Hotel and opened on 19 September 2006....

 is located in close proximity to the Pliska Hotel. The unemployment rate is 4,1%.

Sofia International Airport

Sofia Airport

Sofia Airport , sometimes also called Letishte Sofia-Vrazhdebna , is the main airport in Sofia, Bulgaria. Located east of central Sofia. In 2010 the number of passengers was 3.3 million...

 is a major transport hub not only of Sofia and Bulgaria

Bulgaria

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 but in the whole Balkan Peninsula. There is a business park under construction near the airport.

Culture and education

There are 9 schools, 8 kindergartens and 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....

 in Slatina. There are also three Institutes for Higher Education. The State School for Dance Art is located there as well. There are two churches: "Sv. Troitsa" (Holy Trinity) and "Sveti Duh" (Holy Spirit). There is a chapel "Sv. Mina".

Honour

Slatina Peak

Slatina Peak

Slatina Peak is a peak rising to 1750 m in Imeon Range on Smith Island, South Shetland Islands. Situated 2 km northeast of Antim Peak, to which it is linked by Varshets Saddle, 4.09 km east by south of Villagra Point, and 1.9 km south of Drinov Peak. Overlooking the upper part of...

 on Smith Island

Smith Island (South Shetland Islands)

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, South Shetland Islands

South Shetland Islands

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is named after Slatina, Sofia and few homonymous Bulgarian settlements.