Country Bulgaria Time zone EET (UTC+2) Elevation 570 m Local time Saturday 2:27 PM | Postal Code 1532 Population 4,997 (1 Jan 2007) Area code 02992 | |
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Weather 6°C, Wind W at 24 km/h, 88% Humidity | ||
Kazichene (Bulgarian: Казичене) is a large village in the Pancharevo municipality to the east of the Bulgarian capital of Sofia. As of 2007, the village officially had 4,977 inhabitants. Because of its close proximity to the Sofia ring road and the nearby railroad, over the past decade the area has developed into an industrial-storage zone with a logistics center and offices of a number of prominent companies such as Werta Logistics, Balkan Steel Engineering, and the Chipita snacks factory.
Map of Kazichene, Bulgaria
There is a large lake near Kazichene where the Litex water park is located. Built in the mid-1980s, today the park is the only place in Bulgaria offering boatless water skiing and wakeboarding.
The village has a single football club, FC Kazichene, playing in the Bulgarian fourth division, known as the A OFG. Several prominent footballers have ended their careers there, including Emil Kremenliev and Ivan Vasilev. The town is also known for being the birthplace of Plamen Krumov, a current Levski Sofia footballer, and Borislav Stoyanov, who plays for SV Schwarzhofen.
Kazichene Cove on Low Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica is named after Kazichene.