Dimitrovgrad is a town and municipality in the Pirot District of southeastern Serbia, in the upper valley of the Nisava river close to the border with Bulgaria. It was long known as Caribrod, or Tsaribrod, and received its present name in 1950 in honour of the Bulgarian communist leader Georgi Dimitrov. The 2022 census counted 8,043 inhabitants in the municipality, of whom 5,188 lived in the town itself, and ethnic Bulgarians formed the largest group, so Bulgarian is used officially beside Serbian. The town lies on the main corridor between Nis and Sofia, carrying the railway and the Gradina road crossing into Bulgaria, and its cultural life includes the Hristo Botev Theatre, founded in 1888, and the nearby medieval Poganovo Monastery.
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The municipality had 8,043 inhabitants at the 2022 census, of whom 5,188 lived in the urban settlement.
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is a town and municipality in the Pirot District of southeastern Serbia
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is a town and municipality in the Pirot District of southeastern Serbia
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