See soorce fer Plovdiv

{{Infobox settlement
|official_name          = Plovdiv
|native_name            = {{native name|bg|Пловдив}}
|nickname               = The ceety o the seiven hills<br />{{native name|bg|Градът на седемте хълма}}<br />''Gradat na sedemte halma''{{spaces|1}}<small>(transliteration)</small>
|motto                  = Auncient an eternal<br />{{native name|bg|Древен и вечен}}<br />''Dreven i vechen''{{spaces|1}}<small>(transliteration)</small>
|image_skyline          = Roman Theatre Plovdiv.jpg
|imagesize              = 320px
|image_caption = The ancient Roman theatre in Plovdiv
|image_flag             = Plovdiv flag.svg|20px|left|Flag of Plovdiv
|image_shield           = Plovdiv-coat-of-arms.svg|20px|right|Coat of arms of Plovdiv
|pushpin_map            = Bulgaria
|mapsize =
|map_caption            = Location o Plovdiv in Bulgarie
|subdivision_type       = Kintra
|subdivision_type1      = [[Provinces o Bulgarie|Province]]
|subdivision_type2 = [[Municipalities o Bulgarie|Municipalities]]
|subdivision_name       = {{flag|Bulgarie}}
|subdivision_name1      = [[Plovdiv Province|Plovdiv]]
|subdivision_name2 = Plovdiv-ceety
|leader_title           = [[Leet of mayors o Plovdiv|Mayor]]
|leader_name            = [[Ivan Totev]] ([[Citizens for European Development o Bulgarie|GERB]])
|established_title      = Established
|established_date       = 4000 BC
|area_magnitude =
|area_total_km2         = 101.98
|population_as_of       = 2013 census<ref name=census>{{cite web |url=http://www.nsi.bg/otrasal.php?otr=19&a1=376&a2=377&a3=378#cont |title=Население към 31.12.2012 година в област Пловдив |publisher=Nsi.bg |date= |accessdate=3 July 2011 |archive-date=2012-11-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113220442/http://www.nsi.bg/otrasal.php?otr=19&a1=376&a2=377&a3=378#cont |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|population_note =
|population_blank1_title = Ceety
|population_blank1 = 341,041
|population_density_km2 = 3316
|population_blank2_title = [[Municipality|Municipal body]]
|population_blank2 = 403,153
|population_metro =  
|timezone               = [[Eastren European Time|EET]]
|utc_offset             = +2
|timezone_DST           = [[Eastren European Simmer Time|EEST]]
|utc_offset_DST         = +3
|coordinates            = {{coord|42|9|N|24|45|E|region:BG|display=inline,title}}
|elevation_m            = 164
|postal_code_type       = Postal code
|postal_code            = 4000
|area_code              = (+359) 032
|website                = [http://www.plovdiv.bg/ www.plovdiv.bg]
|footnotes =
}}
'''Plovdiv''' ({{lang-bg|Пловдив}}) is [[Leet o ceeties an touns in Bulgarie|the seicont-lairgest ceety]] in [[Bulgarie]] wi a population o 381,738.<ref name="grao.bg">{{Cite web|url=http://www.grao.bg/tna/tab02.txt |title=General Directorate of Citizens' Registration and Administrative Services: Population Chart by permanent and temporary address (for provinces and municipalities) as of 15 September 2010, (Bulgarie). Retrieved on 17 September 2010 |date= |accessdate=7 January 2011}}</ref> Plovdiv's history spans some 6,000 years, wi traces o a Neolithic dounset datin tae roughly 4000 BC.<ref name="Rodwell">{{Cite book | last =Rodwell  | first =Dennis | title =Conservation and Sustainability in Historic cities | url =https://archive.org/details/conservationsust00rodw_508  | publisher=Blackwell Publishing| year =2007 | isbn =1405126566 | page =[https://archive.org/details/conservationsust00rodw_508/page/n30 19] }}</ref> It is the admeenistrative centre o [[Plovdiv Province]] in soothren Bulgarie an three municipalities (Plovdiv, [[Maritsa municipality|Maritsa]] an [[Rodopi municipality|Rodopi]]) an Bulgarie's [[Yuzhen tsentralen]] plannin region (NUTS II), as well as the lairgest an maist important ceety in [[Northren Thrace]] an the braider internaitional historical region o [[Thrace]]. The ceety is an important economic, transport, cultural an eddicational centre.<ref name="ppdv">{{Cite book |last=|first= |title=Пътеводител България |publisher=ТАНГРА ТанНакРа ИК |location=Sofia |page=138 |language=Bulgarie |isbn=954-9942-32-5 |year=2002 |author=Evgeni Dinchev ... et al. }}</ref>

Kent in the Wast for maist o its history bi the [[Greek leid|Greek]] name '''Philippopolis''', it wis oreeginally a [[Thracians|Thracian]] dounset afore becomin a major [[Auncient Rome|Roman]] ceety. In the Middle Ages, it retained its strategic regional importance, chyngin haunds atween the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] an [[Bulgarian Empire]]s. It came unner [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] rule in the 14t century. In 1878, Plovdiv wis made the caipital o the autonomous Ottoman region o [[Eastren Rumelie]]; in 1885, it became pairt o Bulgarie wi the [[Bulgarian unification|unification]] o that region an the [[Principality o Bulgarie]].

Plovdiv is situatit in the soothren pairt o the Plovdiv Plain on the twa banks o the [[Maritsa River]]. The ceety haes historically developed on seiven [[syenite]] hills, some o whilk are 250&nbsp;m (820.21&nbsp;ft) heich. Acause o thir seiven hills, Plovdiv is aften referred tae in Bulgarie as "the Ceety o the Seiven Hills".

Plovdiv is host tae economic an cultural events sicna the [[International Fair Plovdiv]], the internaitional theatrical [[festival]] "A stage on a crossroad", the TV festival "The golden chest". Thare are mony remains preserved frae [[classical antiquity|Antiquity]] sicna the [[Plovdiv Roman amphitheatre|Auncient amphitheatre]], Roman odeon, [[Plovdiv Roman Stadium|Roman Stadium]], the airchaeological complex ''Eirene'' an ithers.

==Name==

Plovdiv wis gien various names throughoot its lang history. It wis oreeginally a [[Thracians|Thracian]] dounset bi the name o ''Eumolpias''. [[Philip II o Macedon]] conquered the aurie in 342-341 BC an renamed the ceety ''Philippoupolis'' ({{lang-el|Φιλιππούπολις}}), o whilk the later Thracian name for the ceety, ''Pulpudeva'', is a translation. Efter the Romans teuk control o the aurie, the ceety wis named {{lang-la|Trimontium}}, meanin the Three Hills. Durin the Middle Ages the ceety wis kent as Philippoupolis in [[Byzantine Greek]] an ''Paldin'' (Пълдин) or ''Plavdiv'' (Плъвдив) in [[Auld Church Slavic|Auld Bulgarie]], variations o the toun's earlier [[Thracian leid|Thracian]] name. The ceety wis kent as Philippopolis in Wastren Europe well intae the early 20t century. The ceety wis kent as ''Filibe'' in [[Turkis leid|Turkis]] durin the [[Ottoman Empire]].

The [[asteroid]] ([[minor planet]]) 3860 Plovdiv is named efter the ceety. It wis discovered bi the [[Bulgarians|Bulgarian]] astronomer [[Violeta G. Ivanova]] on 8 August 1986. [[Plovdiv Peak]] (1,040 m/3,412&nbsp;ft) on [[Livingston Island]] in the [[Sooth Shetland Islands]], [[Antarctica]] is an aa named efter Plovdiv.

==Internaitional relations==
{{See an aa|Leet o twin touns an sister ceeties in Bulgarie}}

===Twin touns – Sister ceeties===
Plovdiv is [[twin touns an sister ceeties|twinned]] wi the follaein ceeties:<ref name="Plovdiv1">[http://www.plovdiv.bg/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=261&Itemid=279 Plovdiv Sister cities]</ref><ref name="Plovdiv2">[http://www.namrb.org/filesystem.php?id=12.xls Plovdiv Twinning] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413180955/http://www.namrb.org/filesystem.php?id=12.xls |date=2016-04-13 }}</ref>
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