Svirachi
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Svirachi is a village in the Haskovo Province
, southern Bulgaria
. it has 400 inhabitants, which places it the largest village in Ivaylovgrad municipality
. Inhabitants of Svirachi are Anatolian Bulgarians
, Eastern Orthodox
Bulgarians
, whose ancestors are Bulgarian refugees from Anatolia
. Its former name was Zurnazen or Zornazan, which is meant "Player of Zurna" in Turkish.
in Eastern Rhodope
.
, sesame
, chickpea
, almonds. Livestock breeding is also well-developed, including mainly sheep, cattle, goats.
There is a church "Sv. Dimitar" built in 1859 At some kilometers to the northeast are located the ruins of an ancient Bulgarian fortress Lyutitsa
.
Haskovo Province
Haskovo Province is a province in southern Bulgaria, neighbouring Greece and Turkey to the southeast, comprising parts of the Thracian valley along the river Maritsa. It is named after its administrative and industrial centre - the city of Haskovo...
, southern 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 has 400 inhabitants, which places it the largest village in Ivaylovgrad municipality
Ivaylovgrad
Ivaylovgrad is a town in Haskovo Province in the very south-east of Bulgaria set near the river Arda in the easternmost part of the Rhodope Mountains. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Ivaylovgrad Municipality...
. Inhabitants of Svirachi are Anatolian Bulgarians
Anatolian Bulgarians
The Anatolian Bulgarians or Bulgarians of Asia Minor were Eastern Orthodox Bulgarians who settled in Ottoman-ruled northwestern Anatolia , possibly in the 18th century, and remained there until 1914....
, Eastern Orthodox
Eastern Orthodox Church
The Orthodox Church, officially called the Orthodox Catholic Church and commonly referred to as the Eastern Orthodox Church, is the second largest Christian denomination in the world, with an estimated 300 million adherents mainly in the countries of Belarus, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Georgia, Greece,...
Bulgarians
Bulgarians
The Bulgarians are a South Slavic nation and ethnic group native to Bulgaria and neighbouring regions. Emigration has resulted in immigrant communities in a number of other countries.-History and ethnogenesis:...
, whose ancestors are Bulgarian refugees from Anatolia
Anatolia
Anatolia is a geographic and historical term denoting the westernmost protrusion of Asia, comprising the majority of the Republic of Turkey...
. Its former name was Zurnazen or Zornazan, which is meant "Player of Zurna" in Turkish.
Geography
It is located at altitude of 235 metres above the sea level, at 6 km to the south of IvaylovgradIvaylovgrad
Ivaylovgrad is a town in Haskovo Province in the very south-east of Bulgaria set near the river Arda in the easternmost part of the Rhodope Mountains. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Ivaylovgrad Municipality...
in Eastern Rhodope
Rhodope Mountains
The Rhodopes are a mountain range in Southeastern Europe, with over 83% of its area in southern Bulgaria and the remainder in Greece. Its highest peak, Golyam Perelik , is the seventh highest Bulgarian mountain...
.
Agriculture
Agriculture is the main occupation for the population. The main products are grapes, tobaccoTobacco
Tobacco is an agricultural product processed from the leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana. It can be consumed, used as a pesticide and, in the form of nicotine tartrate, used in some medicines...
, sesame
Sesame
Sesame is a flowering plant in the genus Sesamum. Numerous wild relatives occur in Africa and a smaller number in India. It is widely naturalized in tropical regions around the world and is cultivated for its edible seeds, which grow in pods....
, chickpea
Chickpea
The chickpea is a legume of the family Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae...
, almonds. Livestock breeding is also well-developed, including mainly sheep, cattle, goats.
Others
The village has a kindergarten, school, mladezhki dom with library.There is a church "Sv. Dimitar" built in 1859 At some kilometers to the northeast are located the ruins of an ancient Bulgarian fortress Lyutitsa
Lyutitsa
Lyutitsa is one of the largest and best preserved castles in the easternmost part of the Eastern Rhodopes, located 3.5 hours' walk south-west of Ivaylovgrad, in southernmost Bulgaria. It is also known as the "Marble City" because of its walls made of white marble.The fortress occupies an area of...
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