๐ง๐ฌ Vratsa is the largest city in north-western Bulgaria and the administrative and economic centre of the municipality of Vratsa and Vratsa district. It is located about 112 km north of Sofia, 40 km south-east of Montana. Situated at the foot of the Vrachanski Balkan, the town is near numerous caves, waterfalls and rock formations. The most famous of them are the Ledenika Cave, Skaklya Waterfall and the Vratsata Pass.
The Vratsa History Museum holds the Rogozen treasure, which is the largest Thracian treasure.
Botev Days are held annually in the city, culminating in the rally-dawn on June 1, held at Hristo Botev Square, as well as the national worship on June 2 at Mount Okolchitsa.
Vratsa's motto is "A city like the Balkan - ancient and young".
Economy: Industry In the area of Vratsa are developed many branches of industry: textile (production of cotton fabrics and silk), tailoring, food processing (bakery, confectionery, meat processing, dairy processing, soft drinks production, etc.) mining of rock lining materials from the Vratsa region - limestone), furniture, light, machine-building (production of lathes and mills), metal casting and metalworking, etc.
Vratsa has a population of over 73,894 people. Vratsa also forms the centre of the wider Vratsa Province which has a population of over 170,367 people.
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Twin Towns, Sister Cities Vratsa has links with:
๐ท๐ธ Bor, Serbia ๐ท๐ด Craiova, Romania ๐ฉ๐ช Frankfurt (Oder), Germany ๐ฒ๐ฐ Kiฤevo, North Macedonia ๐ง๐พ Kobryn, Belarus ๐ท๐บ Serpukhov, Russia ๐บ๐ฆ Sumy, Ukraine ๐ซ๐ท Villeneuve-le-Roi, France๐ซ๐ท Oloron-Sainte-Marie 43.19
๐ท๐ด Alba Iulia 23.581
๐ท๐ด Cluj-Napoca 23.6
๐จ๐ฉ Mbuji-Mayi 23.601
๐ฌ๐ท Korydallos 23.65
๐ฑ๐น Radviliลกkis 23.55
๐ฌ๐ท Chalkidiki 23.5
๐ท๐ด Petroศani 23.367
๐ฑ๐น Marijampolฤ 23.35
Locations Near: Vratsa 23.5603,43.2109
๐ง๐ฌ Montana 23.237,43.414 d: 34.5
๐ง๐ฌ Sofia 23.324,42.697 d: 60.3
๐ง๐ฌ Pernik 23.038,42.61 d: 79.2
๐ท๐บ Dimitrovgrad 22.778,43.015 d: 67.1
๐ท๐ธ Pirot 22.588,43.158 d: 79.1
๐ง๐ฌ Vidin 22.885,43.997 d: 103
๐ง๐ฌ Pleven 24.62,43.408 d: 88.5
๐ท๐ด Craiova 23.814,44.325 d: 125.5
๐ง๐ฌ Pazardzhik 24.333,42.2 d: 128.9
๐ง๐ฌ Kyustendil 22.683,42.283 d: 125.6
Antipodal to: Vratsa -156.44,-43.211
๐ต๐ซ Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 17087.7
๐น๐ด Nuku'alofa -175.216,-21.136 d: 17005.9
๐ฆ๐ธ Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 16522.1
๐ผ๐ธ Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 16435.3
๐บ๐ธ Hilo -155.089,19.725 d: 13015.5
๐บ๐ธ Maui -156.446,20.72 d: 12906.3
๐บ๐ธ Maui County -156.617,20.868 d: 12889.8
๐บ๐ธ Kahului -156.466,20.891 d: 12887.2