Svoge

Svoge (Bulgarie: Своге, read & pronooncit "Svogé") is a toun in wastren Bulgarie, pairt o Sofia Province. It is locatit in the gorge o the Iskar River, at the place whaur the muntains Mala planina, Golema planina an Ponor meet, 40 km north o the caipital Sofia. Svoge is the main town of the Svoge Municipality which is ane o the lairgest municipalities in Bulgarie an includes 37 veelages & the toun o Svoge itsel an aw.

Svoge
Svoge Location o Svoge
Coordinates: 42°58′N 23°21′E
Kintra	Bulgarie
Provinces (Oblast)	Sofia Province
Govrenment
• Mayor	Zhoro Tsvetkov
Elevation	679 m (2,228 ft)
Population  (01.02.2011)
• Total	8,258
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code	2260
Area code(s)	0726

Etymology

Svoge's name comes frae the Bulgarie wird svod (свод), meanin "vault, arch", due tae the toun's location as a vault whaur the rivers Iskar an Iskretska meet. In the local vernacular, svod got transformit tae svoge.

Honour

Svoge Knoll on Livingston Island in the Sooth Shetland Islands, Antarcticae is namit efter Svoge.

Svoge Central Square

Svoge Central Street - Tsar Kaloyan

Svoge Panorama o train station, Iskar River an soccer arena