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Stara Zagora (stä`rä zä`gôrä), city (1993 pop. 150,926), central Bulgaria. It is a railway center and the market for a fertile farm area. The city's diverse industries produce textiles, chemicals, agricultural tools, and tobacco products. Stara Zagora is the seat of an Orthodox Eastern bishopric. A Thracian settlement, it was known as Augusta Trajana under Roman rule. It was captured by the Turks in 1370 and renamed Eski-Zagra or Yeski-Zagra, from which its present name is derived. The city was destroyed in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–78 and rebuilt as a planned city. Stara Zagora a city in central Bulgaria: ceded to Bulgaria by Turkey in 1877. Pop.: 163 000 (2005 est.) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Nevertheless, such a seasonal Q-fever occurrence has restricted to this area of Bulgaria (Table) but occurred in all the regions (Ichtima Pelin in the West, Stara Zagora in the South, Blagoyevgrad in the Southwest, [ILLEGIBLE TEXT] Northwest, and Varna in the Northeast) of the country in which it had been [ILLEGIBLE TEXT] 252 patients with bronchopneumonia and acute flulike symptoms, 66% (46%-10 antibodies to phase II C. STARA ZAGORA, Bulgaria -- Alcoa (NYSE:AA) today officially celebrated its move into its 44th country with the company's first plant in Bulgaria now fully operational. NEW YORK & STARA ZAGORA, Bulgaria -- Alcoa (NYSE:AA) announced today that it has opened a plant in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria, to produce household wraps products, including foil, film and disposer bags. |
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