Hadzhidimitrovo, Stara Zagora Province
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Hadzhidimitrovo
Хаджидимитрово | |
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  Hadzhidimitrovo Location of Hadzhidimitrovo in Bulgaria | |
| Coordinates: 42°40′15″N 25°20′59″E / 42.67083°N 25.34972°E | |
| Country | Bulgaria |
| Province (Oblast) | Stara Zagora |
| Municipality | Kazanlak |
| Elevation | 367 m (1,204 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 1,537 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 6141 |
| Area code | 0431 |
Hadzhidimitrovo (Хаджидимитрово) is a village in southern Bulgaria, part of Kazanlak Municipality in Stara Zagora Province. It lies in the northern part of the Kazanlak Valley, a few kilometres north-west of the town of Kazanlak.[1][2]
Hadzhidimitrovo lies in the foothills of the Balkan Mountains (Stara Planina), on the northern edge of the Kazanlak Valley. [1] The village's altitude lies in the range of 300 to 499 m above sea level.[1] A municipal road runs through the village, connecting it with the neighbouring settlements of Krǎn and Sheynovo.[3]
The village is registered under EKATTE code 77027 and uses the postal code 6141.[1] According to local cartographic data, its population is around 1,537 inhabitants.[2]
Name
The former name of the village was Sekerechevo (Секеречево), under which it appeared in 19th-century records.[3]
Administration
Hadzhidimitrovo is an independent kmetstvo (mayoralty) within Kazanlak Municipality, comprising only the village itself. [1] The mayor's office is registered in the Bulgarian administrative register as a town hall under Kazanlak Municipality, with the mayor's address at the village.[4]
Education
The village is home to the municipal primary school "St. Paisii Hilendarski", which provides education from the first to the eighth grade. [5] Education in Hadzhidimitrovo dates from 1883, when the first elementary school was opened in the then-village of Sekerechevo, with Tonyo Zlatev Tonev, a graduate of the secondary school in the neighbouring village of Shipka, as its first teacher; the following year a second teacher, Georgi Radev from Sheynovo, was appointed.[3]
Culture
The community cultural centre (chitalishte) of the village is named "Zvezda-1918" ("Star-1918") and was founded in 1918 by a group of patriotic local residents. The chitalishte, together with the mayoralty, organises the annual village fair on 24 May, the day of Saints Cyril and Methodius. [6] A monument was raised in the centre of the village in honour of those of its inhabitants who fell in the Second World War.[3]
The village is home to a sizeable Muslim community, with a mosque located in the settlement, and traditional Muslim observances such as the sünnet (circumcision) ceremony being part of community life.[3]
