Valchi Dol
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Valchi Dol or Valchidol (Vulchidol, Vǎlčidol) is a town in northeastern Bulgaria
, part of Varna Province. It is the administrative centre of Valchi Dol Municipality
, which lies in the northwestern part of the Province. As of December 2009, the town has a population of 3,460 inhabitants.
Valchi Dol is located at the watershed of the Dobruja
, Varna
and Shumen
plateaux. Its name means "wolf's ravine" in Bulgarian, which is also reflected in its old Ottoman Turkish
name, Kurtdere. Valchi Dol boasts the first diesel power plant among all villages in Bulgaria, installed in 1929. The village was proclaimed a town in 1974.
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...
, part of Varna Province. It is the administrative centre of Valchi Dol Municipality
Valchi Dol Municipality
Valchi Dol Municipality is a municipality in Varna Province, Northeastern Bulgaria. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Valchi Dol....
, which lies in the northwestern part of the Province. As of December 2009, the town has a population of 3,460 inhabitants.
Valchi Dol is located at the watershed of the Dobruja
Dobruja
Dobruja is a historical region shared by Bulgaria and Romania, located between the lower Danube river and the Black Sea, including the Danube Delta, Romanian coast and the northernmost part of the Bulgarian coast...
, Varna
Varna
Varna is the largest city and seaside resort on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast and third-largest in Bulgaria after Sofia and Plovdiv, with a population of 334,870 inhabitants according to Census 2011...
and Shumen
Shumen
Shumen is the tenth-largest city in Bulgaria and capital of Shumen Province. In the period 1950–1965 it was called Kolarovgrad, after the name of the communist leader Vasil Kolarov...
plateaux. Its name means "wolf's ravine" in Bulgarian, which is also reflected in its old Ottoman Turkish
Ottoman Turkish language
The Ottoman Turkish language or Ottoman language is the variety of the Turkish language that was used for administrative and literary purposes in the Ottoman Empire. It borrows extensively from Arabic and Persian, and was written in a variant of the Perso-Arabic script...
name, Kurtdere. Valchi Dol boasts the first diesel power plant among all villages in Bulgaria, installed in 1929. The village was proclaimed a town in 1974.