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Country
  
Bulgaria

Time zone
  
EET (UTC+2)

Elevation
  
679 m

Local time
  
Sunday 2:35 AM

Provinces (Oblast)
  
Sofia Province

Postal Code
  
2260

Population
  
8,258 (2 Jan 2011)

Area code
  
0726

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Weather
  
8°C, Wind E at 14 km/h, 51% Humidity

Svoge


Svoge (Bulgarian: Своге, read & pronounced "Svogé") is a town in western Bulgaria, part of Sofia Province. It is located in the gorge of the Iskar River, at the place where the mountains Mala planina, Golema planina and Ponor meet, 40 km north of the capital Sofia. Svoge is the main town of the Svoge Municipality which is one of the largest municipalities in Bulgaria and includes also 37 villages & the town of Svoge itself.

Contents

Map of Svoge, Bulgaria

Lakatnik rail station near svoge bulgaria with daniel dimitrov


Etymology

Svoge's name comes from the Bulgarian word svod (свод), meaning "vault, arch", due to the town's location as a vault where the rivers Iskar and Iskretska meet. In the local vernacular, svod got transformed to svoge.

Honour

Svoge Knoll on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica is named after Svoge.

References

Svoge Wikipedia


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