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Pleven

Administration

Full name	Pleven
Official name	Pleven
Native name	Плевен
Country	Bulgaria
Province (Oblast)	Pleven
Government
Mayor	Nayden Zelenogorski (UDF) see List of mayors of Pleven
Geography
Elevation	380.6 ft (116 m)
Demography
Total Population	106011 (Census February 2011)
Urban (pop.)	129781
Other information
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
- Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal Code	5800
Area code	064

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Pleven ( -mkˈplɛvɛnpron) is the seventh most populous city in Bulgaria. Located in the northern part of the country, it is the administrative centre of Pleven Province, as well as of the subordinate Pleven municipality. As of February 2011, the city has a population of 106,011 inhabitants.

Internationally known for the Siege of Plevna of 1877, it is today a major economic centre of the Bulgarian Northwest and Central North and the third largest city of Northern Bulgaria after Varna and Rousse.

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