Municipality Galabovo

Galabovo Municipality is situated in the east part of the Upper Thracian Plain, reaching the Sakar Mountain to the south. It is included in the territory of Stara Zagora District and covers a surface of 348,8 sq.km. Besides the town of Galabovo, situated on both sides of the Sazliyka River, the municipality includes 10 more villages. The average altitude of the municipality is 194,5 m. The climate of the municipality is mild with an average annual temperature of 12,1° С. Soils are fertile.
The primary natural resource of the municipality Gulubovo is the lignite coal field, part of the Maritsa East basin where 57% of the Bulgarian coal resources are concentrated (2,6 billion tons, representing a 30 m high layer .
One of the shortest roads, connecting the northern and western part of Bulgaria, from Rousse to Kapitan Andreevo, crosses the municipal territory. It is used mainly for international transit transportation.

2011-04-01 AES Galabovo will be lauched by the end of April (Business)

2009-11-10 Truck driver from town of Galabovo sentenced to life imprisonment in Iran (Accidents)

2009-09-10 TPP Maritsa Iztok-1 renamed to TPP Galabovo (Business)

2008-11-06 Air of Gulobovo polluted again with sulphur dioxide (Accidents)

2008-10-31 BG Cabinet supports Knauf Bulgaria for factory in the town of Galabovo (Business)

2008-03-06 Cases of Sulphur Dioxide Poisoning of Bulgaria`s Galabovo Enter Court (Society)

2008-02-26 Exceeding of average hourly norm of sulfur dioxide in Galabovo, Bulgaria (Accidents)

2008-02-15 Sulphur Dioxide Chokes Bulgaria`s Galabovo for Yet Another Time (Accidents)

2008-02-08 Sulfur-purifying installations would solve the pollution problems of Galabovo (Business)

2008-02-07 Schools, nurseries in Galabovo closed over high sulphur dioxide rate (Accidents)

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