Ihtiman
Ihtiman (Bulgarian: Ихтиман [ixtiˈman]) is a town in western Bulgaria, part of Sofia Province. It is located in the Ihtimanska Sredna Gora mountains and lies in a valley 48 km from Sofia and 95 km from Plovdiv, close to the Trakiya motorway.
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| Coordinates: 42°26′N 23°49′E / 42.433°N 23.817°ECoordinates: 42°26′N 23°49′E / 42.433°N 23.817°E | |
| Country | Bulgaria |
| Province (Oblast) | Sofia Province |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Kaloyan Iliev |
| Elevation | 658 m (2,159 ft) |
| Population (13.09.2005) | |
| • Total | 14,525 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal Code | 2050 |
| Area code | 0724 |
Formerly a Roman defensive station guarding the important roads to the Bosphorus, Ihtiman was then called Stipon. It continued to play this role under the Byzantine Empire and the Bulgarian Empire, which however shifted its main defensive centre in the region to the Gate of Trajan hill pass.
Following the Ottoman domination in the 14th century, the town's name was changed to Ihtiman, which is thought to be of Ottoman Turkish origin.
The traditional and dominant religion is Eastern Orthodox Christianity.
Ihtiman Hook on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica is named after Ihtiman.[1]
Climate
Ihtiman has a temperate continental climate with very cold and snowy winters and not too hot, relatively short summers. The average annual temperature is 8.9C.
| Climate data for Ikhtiman | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 18.5 (65.3) | 21.2 (70.2) | 30.4 (86.7) | 28.5 (83.3) | 33.4 (92.1) | 35.4 (95.7) | 37.5 (99.5) | 42.5 (108.5) | 36.9 (98.4) | 32.8 (91.0) | 25.8 (78.4) | 19.2 (66.6) | 42.5 (108.5) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 3.3 (37.9) | 5.8 (42.4) | 10.7 (51.3) | 16.6 (61.9) | 21.3 (70.3) | 25.2 (77.4) | 28.1 (82.6) | 28.0 (82.4) | 23.7 (74.7) | 17.8 (64.0) | 10.9 (51.6) | 4.9 (40.8) | 16.4 (61.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −1.5 (29.3) | 0.5 (32.9) | 5.4 (41.7) | 10.2 (50.4) | 14.9 (58.8) | 18.7 (65.7) | 21.2 (70.2) | 21.0 (69.8) | 16.5 (61.7) | 11.5 (52.7) | 6.0 (42.8) | 0.4 (32.7) | 10.4 (50.7) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −5.2 (22.6) | −3.8 (25.2) | 0.1 (32.2) | 3.7 (38.7) | 8.5 (47.3) | 11.1 (52.0) | 13.4 (56.1) | 13.0 (55.4) | 9.2 (48.6) | 5.1 (41.2) | 1.1 (34.0) | −3.2 (26.2) | 4.4 (39.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −33.9 (−29.0) | −31 (−24) | −28 (−18) | −9.6 (14.7) | −3.7 (25.3) | −1.2 (29.8) | 1.5 (34.7) | 1.3 (34.3) | −5.8 (21.6) | −8.4 (16.9) | −19.5 (−3.1) | −33.5 (−28.3) | −33.9 (−29.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 39 (1.5) | 30 (1.2) | 38 (1.5) | 50 (2.0) | 70 (2.8) | 78 (3.1) | 59 (2.3) | 46 (1.8) | 40 (1.6) | 44 (1.7) | 49 (1.9) | 42 (1.7) | 585 (23.0) |
| Source: Stringmeteo.com Retrieved on March 30, 2013. | |||||||||||||
Municipality
Ihtiman is also the seat of Ihtiman municipality (part of Sofia Province), which includes the following 27 villages:
Twin-towns
Notes
- ^ Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica: Ihtiman Hook.
External links
- Portal of IHTIMAN municipality