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Plovdiv

Eastern Europe

Bulgaria's second-largest city and the most populous city in the Bulgarian portion of the historic region of Thrace, 144 kilometers southeast of the capital Sofia. It had a population of 329,489 as of 2024 and 540,000 across its greater metropolitan area, and served as European Capital of Culture in 2019 after joining the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities in 2016.

Facts
Population
329,489 1
Area (sq km)
101 1
Population Estimate Year
2024 1
Elevation (m)
164 1
Latitude
42.15 degrees north 1
Longitude
24.75 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 2
Climate Zone
Temperate 3
Time Zone
UTC+02:00 2
Partially Attested
Founding Year
6000 BCE 1
Earliest attested habitation, not a formal founding date; recorded as the 6th millennium BC approximated to -6000.
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Sources
1. Plovdiv (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section: population
    It had a population of 329,489 as of 2024
  • Lead section: area
    Modern Plovdiv covers an area of 101 km2 (39 sq mi)
  • Lead section: earliest habitation
    The earliest signs of habitation in the territory of Plovdiv date as far back as the 6th millennium BC
  • Infobox: Elevation
    Elevation 164 m (538 ft)
  • Infobox: Coordinates
    42°9′N 24°45′E
  • In Group: Cities of Eastern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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2. GeoNames: Plovdiv - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 728193
    42.15387 24.75001 P PPLA BG 51 PDV22 329489 163 Europe/Sofia
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 163 m
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3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 42.25, 24.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 42.25, 24.75
42.25 24.75 Cfa
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Wikidata: Plovdiv
Wikidata Q459, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
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