Population: 1984 people. It is situated in the Sredna Gora mountains, within Ihtiman Municipality. The village is an important transport knot along the Sofia - Plovdiv railway route. The Trakiya motorway runs near Vakarel. Vakarel is 822 meters above sea level. About 1 km (1 mi) away from the village is the Vakarel Radio Transmitter. Near Vakarel is the Vakarelian Monastery 'Saint Petka'. The monastery is relatively new, established in the 20th century. Its yearly celebration is on 14 October. Residential areas are also around Vakarel.[1]
Vakarel's name is of Aromanian (Balkan Latin) origin, from the word vacarel, "cattleshed, cowshed" or with the Aromanian diminutive suffix –el, "young cowherd",[2] cf. Romanianvăcar, "cowboy, neatherd".[3]
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Vacareiian Monastery St. Petka
St. Petka Church of Vakarelian Monastery St. Petka
Interior of St. Petka Church in Vacarelian Monastery
^Чолева-Димитрова, Анна М. (2002). Селищни имена от Югозападна България: Изследване. Речник (in Bulgarian). София: Пенсофт. p. 104. ISBN954-642-168-5. OCLC 57603720.
^"hallo.ro - văcar" (in Romanian). Dictionar Englez-Român. Retrieved 2008-10-10.
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