Municipality Gorna Oryahovitsa

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The Gorna Oryahovitsa municipality is located in North-Central Bulgaria in Veliko Turnovo District. The Municipality consists of 14 towns and 12 villages. The municiapl center of Gorna Oryahovitsa municipality is town of Gorna Oryahovitsa.
Gorna Oryahovitsa railroad station is one of the biggest railroad junctions in Bulgaria with considerable amount of freight and passengers. Two main railroads pass through the town - Sofia-Varna and Rousse-Stara Zagora. Gorna Oryanovitsa Airport is the fifth international airport in the country. There is operational agricultural aviation on the territory of the municipality. The geographic location predetermines the dynamic movement of people and freight to each point in the country and abroad, thus Gorna Oryahovitsa a zone suitable for investments. There are 15 dam lakes of local significance on the municipal territory. Gorna Oryahovitsa Municipality has a preserved environment and environmentally clean areas. There are certain prerequisites for tourism development. The proximity of Gorna Oryahovitsa to Veliko Turnovo - a town with historical, architectural and cultural heritage as well as to Arbanasi - a village with unique house architecture, and the existence of monasteries and game reserves predetermine the possibility for tourism development.

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In Bulgarian (Native transliteraion): Община Горна Оряховица
Other transliteration(s): Gorna Oriahovitsa, Gorna Oryahovica, Gorna Oriahovica, Gorna Oryahovitza, Gorna Oryakhovitsa
Region: North-Central planing region of Bulgaria
District: Veliko Turnovo district
Municipality: Gorna Oryahovitsa municipality
Latitude: 43.1278000
Longtitude: 25.7017002
Altitude: 3
Area Size: 318km2
Population: 57531 people (2005)