Svoge, Sofia Province, Bulgaria
🇧🇬 Svoge (Своге,) 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. By Decree No. 546 of the Presidium of the National Assembly on 7 September 1964 Svoge was declared as a city.
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.
Populated places • Bakyovo • Batulia • Bov • Breze • Brezovdol • Bukovets • Dobarchin • Dobravitsa • Druzhevo • Elenov dol • Gabrovnitsa • Gara Bov • Gara Lakatnik • Goubislav • Iskrets • Lakatnik • Leskovdol • Lukovo • Levishte • Manastirishte • Milanovo • Ogoya • Opletnya • Osenovlag • Rebrovo • Redina • Svindya • Svoge • Thompson • Tseretsel • Tserovo • Vlado Trichkov • Yablanitsa • Zanoge • Zasele • Zavidovtsi • Zhelen • Zimevitsa.
Sofia Time
Svoge has a population of over 8,258 people. Svoge also forms the centre of the wider Svoge Municipality which has a population of over 21,000 people. It is also a part of the larger Sofia Province. Svoge is situated near Sofia.
Twin Towns - Sister Cities Svoge has links with:
🇸🇰 Stupava, Slovak Republic🇷🇺 Makhachkala 42.982
🇺🇸 Manchester 42.989
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🇧🇬 Montana 23.237,43.414 d: 50.5
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🇷🇺 Dimitrovgrad 22.778,43.015 d: 46.8
🇷🇸 Pirot 22.588,43.158 d: 65.5
🇧🇬 Kyustendil 22.683,42.283 d: 93.6
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🇧🇬 Vidin 22.885,43.997 d: 120.6
🇧🇬 Pazardzhik 24.333,42.2 d: 117.3
Antipodal to: Svoge -156.65,-42.967
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🇹🇴 Nuku'alofa -175.216,-21.136 d: 17037.6
🇦🇸 Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 16554.1
🇼🇸 Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 16467.3
🇺🇸 Hilo -155.089,19.725 d: 13042.2
🇺🇸 Maui -156.446,20.72 d: 12933.4
🇺🇸 Maui County -156.617,20.868 d: 12917
🇺🇸 Kahului -156.466,20.891 d: 12914.4