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 | |
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  Svoge Location o Svoge | |
| Coordinates: 42°58′N 23°21′E / 42.967°N 23.350°ECoordinates: 42°58′N 23°21′E / 42.967°N 23.350°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 eedit
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 eedit
Svoge Knoll on Livingston Island in the Sooth Shetland Islands, Antarcticae is namit efter Svoge.
