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Razgrad
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| Province (oblast) |
Razgrad |
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| Population | 39 540 (14.12.2005) |
| Altitude | 200 m |
| Postal code | 7200 |
| Area code | 084 |
| Geographic coordinates |
43° 32' north, 26° 31' east |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2; UTC+3 in summer) |
| Mayor | Dencho Boyadzhiev |
Razgrad (Bulgarian: Разград) is a city in northeastern Bulgaria and the capital of Razgrad Province, built upon the ruins of the Ancient Roman town of Abritus on the banks of the Beli Lom. Razgrad has one of the dense Turkish populations in Bulgaria, with 27% of the municipality's citizens declaring to be Turks in 1998. An absolute majority of 69% are Bulgarians, with the remaining 4% being composed for the most part of Roma.
Some of Razgrad's landmarks include the Varosha architectural complex from the 19th century, the ethnographic museum and several other museums, the characteristic clock tower in the centre built in 1864, the St Nicholas the Miracle Worker Church from 1860, the Momina cheshma sculpture, the Mausoleum Ossuary of the Liberators (1879-1880) and the Ibrahim Pasha Mosque from 1530. The mosque is the 3rd largest one in the Balkans[citation needed] (excluding Istanbul) and its reconstruction has not been completed yet, having begun in Communist times.
In 251, the town was the site of the Battle of Abrittus, during which the Goths defeated a Roman army under the emperors Trajan Decius and Herennius Etruscus. The battle is notable for being the first occasion of a Roman emperor being killed in a battle with barbarians.
The sister cities of Razgrad are:
Oryol, Russia (since 1968)
Wittenberge, Germany (since 2001)
Armagh, Northern Ireland (since 1995)
Châlons-en-Champagne, France (since 1975)
Avcılar, Turkey (since 2000)
Yangzhou, People's Republic of China (since 2000)
Brunswick, Ohio, United States of America (since 1998)
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