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Yambol location in Bulgaria
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Yambol
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Ямбол
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85,966
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2006-01-10
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114
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8600
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046
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Y
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42° 29'
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26° 30'
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Kiril Todorov <small>(independent)</small>
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() is a city in southeastern
Bulgaria , the administrative centre of
Yambol Province . It lies on both banks of the
Tundzha in the historical region of
Thrace . Today, the town has 85,966 inhabitants
As Of 2006 .
Although the surrounding area has been inhabited since the
Neolithic and was the location of the
Thracian royal city of Cabyle (later conquered by
Philip II Of Macedon and the
Romans , but destroyed by the
Avars in 583), what is today Yambol was founded by
Roman Emperor Diocletian in 293 as ''Diospolis'' ('city of
Zeus '). The name later evolved through ''Diampolis'' and ''Diamboli'' to become ''Yambol''.
As the
Slavs and
Bulgars arrived in the
Balkans in the
Middle Ages , the fortress was contested by the
Bulgarian Empire and the
Byzantines until 1373, when it fell to the
Ottomans after a prolonged siege.
Yambol (
Ottoman Turkish ''Yanbolu'') was an important centre of the Ottoman Empire until liberated by Russian forces in January 1878 to become part of
Eastern Rumelia and later Bulgaria after the
Unification in 1886.
The predominant religion is
Eastern Orthodoxy with a number of churches being present (among them one of the
Holy Trinity , one of
St George and one of
St Nicholas ), but there also exist
Eastern Rite Catholic and
Protestant religious buildings, as well as a 15th-century mosque.
Yambol Peak on
Livingston Island in the
South Shetland Islands ,
Antarctica is named for Yambol.
- John Vincent Atanasoff , the inventor of the digital electronic computer, has roots from Yambol
- Dimcho Roshmanov , composer
- Nikola Abramov , artist
- Georgi Gospodinov , author
- Volen Siderov , journalist and politician
- Radoy Ralin , poet and satirist
- Ivan Gazdov , artist, author, educator, former rector of the Bulgarian National Academy Of Arts
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"http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Tundzha" class="copylinks">Tundzha River Near City Stadium
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