Nikopol (Bulgaria)
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Name (Hebrew)
ניקופול (בולגריה)
Name (Latin)
Nikopol (Bulgaria)
Other forms of name
Nicopol (Bulgaria)
Nikopil (Bulgaria)
Nikopoli (Bulgaria)
Niğbolu (Bulgaria)
ניקופולי (בולגריה)
נקופולי (בולגריה)
Coordinates
024.8769566 024.9102014 043.7089270 043.6943498 (gooearth )
Associated country
Bulgaria
Sources of Information
- Manova, E. Nikopol, 1982:t.p. (Nikopol)
- BGN tel. call, 12/2/83(Nikopol, ppl., 43p0s42ʹN; 24p0s54ʹE; variants: Nicopol; Nikopil; Nikopoli)
- Kabasakal, H. Niğbolu Meydan Muharebesi ve Yıldırım Bayezit, 1985:t.p. (Niğbolu) p. 5, etc. (town in modern Bulgaria f. in 629 by Byzantine Emp. Heraklius; Nicopolis; on the Danube; site of battle between Crusaders and Ottoman forces, 9-25-1396)
Wikipedia description:
Nikopol (Bulgarian: Никопол [niˈkɔpoɫ]; historically Greek: Νικόπολις, Nikópolis, Latin: Nicopolis, Turkish: Niğbolu) is a town in northern Bulgaria, the administrative center of Nikopol Municipality, part of Pleven Province, on the right bank of the Danube river, 4 kilometres (2 miles) downstream from the Danube’s confluence with the Osam river. It spreads at the foot of steep chalk cliffs along the Danube and up a narrow valley.
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