Tsar Kaloyan, Razgrad Province
city in Tsar Kaloyan municipality, Razgrad oblast, Bulgaria
Tsar Kaloyan (Bulgarian: Цар Калоян [ˈt͡sar kɐɫoˈjan]) is a town in northeastern Bulgaria, situated in Razgrad Province near the town of Razgrad. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Tsar Kaloyan Municipality. As of December 2009, the town had a population of 3,856.
The village was named Torlak until 1934 when it was reverted to Tsar Kaloyan. In 1951 it was renamed Hlebarovo. In 1991 the name was reverted to Tsar Kaloyan.
The public source identifies “Tsar Kaloyan, Razgrad Province” as city in Tsar Kaloyan municipality, Razgrad oblast, Bulgaria. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Tsar, Kaloyan and Razgrad.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Dec 22, 2024. The linked authority identifier is Q407121. Authority coordinates are 43.607, 26.239. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2009, 1934, 1951 and 1991.
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This entry incorporates text from “Tsar Kaloyan, Razgrad Province” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.