Tsarevo Царево | |
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  Tsarevo Location of Tsarevo | |
| Coordinates:42°10′15″N27°51′4″E / 42.17083°N 27.85111°E /42.17083; 27.85111 | |
| Country | Bulgaria |
| Provinces | Burgas |
| Municipality | Tsarevo |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Georgi Lapchev (GERB) |
| Area | |
• Total | 35.179 km2 (13.583 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Population (2019) | |
• Total | 6,894 |
| • Density | 196.0/km2 (507.6/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal Code | 8260 |
| Area code | 0550 |
| Website | www |
Tsarevo (Bulgarian:Царево,pronounced[ˈt͡sarɛvo], alsotransliterated asCarevo orTzarevo) is atown andseaside resort in theMunicipality of Tsarevo,Burgas Province, Bulgaria.
In the past, it was known asVasiliko (Greek:Βασιλικόν), and between 1950 and 1991 it was known asMichurin (Bulgarian:Мичурин), in honour of theSoviet botanistIvan Vladimirovich Michurin.
It lies on a cove 70 km southeast ofBurgas, on the southernBulgarian Black Sea Coast at the eastern foot ofStrandzha mountain, at a few kilometers fromStrandzha Nature Park.
Tsarevo has ahumid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification:Cfa).[1]Climate chart - link to Weather atlas:[1]
Underwater archaeological surveys have discoveredamphoras from theLate Antiquity (4th–6th century) and imported red-polished pottery made inConstantinople,Syria andNorth Africa, which indicates prospering trade in the area at the time. The city's southern peninsula has remains of a medieval fortress.
The town was first mentioned asVasiliko by the 12th-centuryArab geographerMuhammad al-Idrisi. Whether it existed during theFirst Bulgarian Empire is unknown. In the 15th and 16th century,Vasilikoz was anOttoman port. According to 17th-century travellerEvliya Çelebi, in 1662 the townVasilikoz Burgas comprised a square fortress on a ridge overlooking theBlack Sea surrounded by plenty of vineyards. Although its cove was suitable even for the largest of ships, it was usually avoided by the seamen because it offered little protection from the powerful eastern winds.
Vasilikoz was featured in the Ottoman tax registers in the late 17th and the 18th century, as part of thekaza of Anchialos (Pomorie). According to theAustrian ambassador in Constantinople, in 1787 it was a town of 200 houses and a lively port. In 1829, another western traveller mentioned Vasiliko as a town of 220 houses, the main occupation of its residents being ship building and fishing. Another source lists its population in 1831 as 1,800 (with 434 houses).
The old town was located in the southern part of the cove, where the modern quarter of Tsarevo called Vasiliko is. In the first half of the 19th century, Vasiliko had a marine of 42 ships. There were 10windmills and awatermill in the vicinity, and the nearby vineyards produced up to 6,000 pails of wine a year. There was a Greek school which was also visited by many Bulgarians, contributing to their partialHellenization.
In 1882, a fire destroyed almost the entire town, forcing the locals to re-establish the city on a new site, on the peninsula of the northern cove called Limnos. In 1903, the new Vasiliko had 150 houses, but other statistics list 460 houses in 1898 (160 Bulgarian and 300 Greek) and 240 Greek-only houses in 1900. Vassiliko was centre ofAhtabolu kaza inKırkkilise sanjak ofEdirne Vilayet between 1878 and 1912[2]
After the village was ceded to Bulgaria in 1913, following theBalkan Wars, its Greek population moved toGreece and was replaced byBulgarians fromEastern Thrace. In 1926, Vasiliko had 409 households. After a new wharf was constructed from 1927 to 1937 with the financial aid of TsarBoris III of Bulgaria, the town was renamed toTsarevo (a literal Bulgarian translation ofVasiliko, "royal place") in his honour.
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