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Svoge
Svoge is located in Bulgarie
Svoge
Svoge
Location o Svoge
Coordinates: 42°58′N 23°21′E / 42.967°N 23.350°E / 42.967; 23.350Coordinates: 42°58′N 23°21′E / 42.967°N 23.350°E / 42.967; 23.350
KintraBulgarie
Provinces
(Oblast)
Sofia Province
Govrenment
 • MayorZhoro Tsvetkov
Elevation
679 m (2,228 ft)
Population
 (01.02.2011)
 • Total8,258
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code
2260
Area code(s)0726

Svoge (Bulgarie: Своге, read & pronooncit "Svogé") is a toun in wastren Bulgarie, pairt o Sofia Province. It is locatit in the gorge o the Iskar River, at the place whaur the muntains Mala planina, Golema planina an Ponor meet, 40 km north o the caipital Sofia. Svoge is the main town of the Svoge Municipality which is ane o the lairgest municipalities in Bulgarie an includes 37 veelages & the toun o Svoge itsel an aw.

Etymology

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Svoge's name comes frae the Bulgarie wird svod (свод), meanin "vault, arch", due tae the toun's location as a vault whaur the rivers Iskar an Iskretska meet. In the local vernacular, svod got transformit tae svoge.

Svoge Knoll on Livingston Island in the Sooth Shetland Islands, Antarcticae is namit efter Svoge.

Svoge Central Square
Svoge Central Street - Tsar Kaloyan
Svoge Panorama o train station, Iskar River an soccer arena