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The name Sliven comes from the Slavic word 'sliv', meaning 'pour, confluence'.

Sliven
Bulgaria
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Sliven

Bulgaria

Country
Bulgaria
Population
94.3K
Coordinates
42.68, 26.32
1102nd most populous city in the world

Sliven is the eighth-largest city in Bulgaria and the administrative and industrial centre of Sliven Province and municipality in Northern Thrace. It is situated in the Sliven Valley at the foothills of the Balkan Mountains.

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Photo: Collage by Murderdoll1122. Photograph authors and links (from top to bottom, left to right): Panorama of Sliven: File:Sliven Panorama.jpg, Zako d, public domain The Municipality of Sliven building: File:Municipality-of-Sliven.jpg, Edal Anton Lefterov, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported The theatre: en:File:Dramatic Theatre Sliven.jpg, en:User:Vlado4, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5 License The statue of Hadji Dimitar: en:File:Hadji Dimitar.JPG, Valentin Markov DudeBoy (en:User:ComradeGeneral), Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 License The house-museum of Hadji Dimitar: File:Sliven Hadzhi Dimitar.JPG, Nikolov2010, public domain The church: File:Saint-Dimitrius-church-in-Sliven.jpg, Edal Anton Lefterov, Криейтив Комънс Признание — Споделяне на споделеното 3.0 The tower: File:Clock-tower-of-Sliven.jpg,Edal Anton Lefterov, Криейтив Комънс Признание — Споделяне на споделеното 3.0. The bust of Hadji Dimitar: File:Hadji Dimitur.JPG, Original uploader was Svik at bg.wikipedia, GNU Free Documentation License. The 19-century house: File:19-20th-century-lifstile-museum.jpg, Edal Anton Lefterov, Криейтив Комънс Признание — Споделяне на споделеното 3.0. · CC BY-SA 3.0