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Stara Zagora () is a large city in the central part of Southern Bulgaria , and constitutes an important economic centre. Stara Zagora is known as the city of straight streets, Linden Tree s and Poets . According to the city's Chamber Of Commerce , it is one of the oldest settlements in Europe , being at least eight thousand years old. According to one unofficial study, Stara Zagora ranks second among the cities in Bulgaria by average salary.http://www.karieri.bg/show/?storyid=312279 GEOGRAPHY AND CLIMATE Stara Zagora is the administrative centre of its municipality and the Stara Zagora Province . It is located about away from Sofia , near the Bedechka River in the historic region of Thrace . The population is about 163,000. The city is located in an area of transitional continental climate with considerable Mediterranean influence. The average yearly temperature is about . HISTORY Stara Zagora is considered to be one of the oldest settlements in Bulgaria and Southeastern Europe . It was founded by the Thracians under the name ''Beroe'' (meaning ''iron'') about 6th - 5th Century BCE , with the Neolithic dwellings and the copper mine near the city being the oldest preserved ones in Europe . The area has been a mining region since Antiquity . Under the Roman Empire , the town was renamed to ''Augusta Trajana'' in honour of emperor Trajan . At the time of the Byzantine Empire , it adopted the name ''Irinopolis'' after Byzantine empress Irene . The fortifications around the town were reconstructed because of fear of Bulgarian attacks, but Irinopolis and the whole Zagore region were reincorporated into Bulgaria in 717. The land was bestowed on Khan Tervel as a Byzantine gift in acknowledgement of the Bulgarian help to fight back the Arabs besieging Constantinople . The region was the first Bulgarian territorial gain south of Stara Planina . The town acquired the name ''Boruy''. In the year 1122 Stara Zagora (''Beroia'') was the site of a battle between Byzantine Emperor John II Komnenos and an invading Pecheneg army, the Battle Of Beroia . The Pechenegs suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of John's Byzantine army, and many of the captives were settled as Foederati within the Byzantine frontier. The Ottomans conquered Stara Zagora was in 1371. A class school was built in 1840 and the town's name was changed to ''Zheleznik'' (; a Slavic translation of ''Beroe'') in 1854 instead of the Turkish '''', but was renamed once again to ''Stara Zagora'' in 1870. After the Liberation Of Bulgaria from Ottoman rule in 1878, it became part of autonomous Eastern Rumelia before the two Bulgarian states finally merged in 1886 as a result of the Unification Of Bulgaria . Historical population CULTURE Landmarks
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