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Centralsouth Bulgaria > Sopot
About SopotThe town of Sopot (12 119 inhabitants, 520 metres above sea level) is situated in the fertile sub-Balkan mountain valley of Karlovo (which is the western part of the legendary Valley of the Roses), immediately under the steep southern slopes of the Troyan Balkan Mountain (Central Stara Planina). It is situated at the distance of 5 km west of Karlovo, 136 km east of Sofia, 63 km north of Plovdiv and 61 km south of Troyan. It is the birth place of the Patriarch of Bulgarian Literature Ivan Vazov. A big machine-building centre.
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