Tsarevo

Tsarevo (Bulgarian: Царево, pronounced [ˈt͡sarɛvo], also transliterated as Carevo or Tzarevo) is a town and seaside resort in the Municipality of Tsarevo, Burgas Province, Bulgaria. In the past, it was known as Vasiliko (Greek: Βασιλικόν) and Michurin (Bulgarian: Мичурин). It lies on a cove 70 km southeast of Burgas, on the southern Bulgarian Black Sea Coast at the eastern foot of Strandzha mountain, at a few kilometers from Strandzha Nature Park. As of December 2009, the town has a population of 5,884 inhabitants.[1]

Tsarevo

Царево
Town
Tsarevo
Location of Tsarevo
Coordinates: 42°10′15″N 27°51′4″E
CountryBulgaria
ProvincesBurgas
MunicipalityTsarevo
Government
  MayorGeorgi Lapchev (GERB)
Area
  Total35.179 km2 (13.583 sq mi)
Elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Population
 (2019)[1]
  Total6,894
  Density200/km2 (510/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code
8260
Area code(s)0550
Websitewww.tzarevo.net

History

Underwater archaeological surveys have discovered amphoras from the Late Antiquity (4th–6th century) and import red-polished pottery made in Constantinople, Syria and North 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 as Vasiliko by the 12th-century Arab geographer Muhammad al-Idrisi. Whether it existed during the First Bulgarian Empire is unknown. In the 15th and 16th century, Vasilikoz was an Ottoman port. According to 17th-century traveller Evliya Çelebi, in 1662 the town Vasilikoz Burgas comprised a square fortress on a ridge overlooking the Black 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 the kaza of Anchialos (Pomorie). According to the Austrian 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 10 windmills and a watermill 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 partial Hellenization.

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.

After the village was ceded to Bulgaria in 1913, following the Balkan Wars, its Greek population moved to Greece and was replaced by Bulgarians from Eastern Thrace. In 1926, Vasiliko had 409 households. After a new wharf was constructed 1927–1937 with the financial aid of Tsar Boris III of Bulgaria, the town was renamed to Tsarevo (a literal Bulgarian translation of Vasiliko, "royal place") in his honour.

Between 1950 and 1991, it was known as Michurin, in honour of the Soviet botanist Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin.

Climate

Tsarevo has a continental-influences hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification: Csa).

Climate data for Tsarevo (2002-2013)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 8.5
(47.3)
10.3
(50.5)
11.5
(52.7)
16.3
(61.3)
22.1
(71.8)
26.3
(79.3)
28.5
(83.3)
28.5
(83.3)
24.8
(76.6)
21.1
(70.0)
15.6
(60.1)
10.7
(51.3)
18.5
(65.3)
Daily mean °C (°F) 5.2
(41.4)
6.5
(43.7)
8.1
(46.6)
11.5
(52.7)
18.1
(64.6)
22.3
(72.1)
25.0
(77.0)
25.2
(77.4)
21.0
(69.8)
16.6
(61.9)
11.2
(52.2)
6.2
(43.2)
14.4
(57.9)
Average low °C (°F) 2.1
(35.8)
2.9
(37.2)
4.8
(40.6)
7.8
(46.0)
14.1
(57.4)
18.2
(64.8)
20.8
(69.4)
21.1
(70.0)
17.2
(63.0)
13.2
(55.8)
8.0
(46.4)
3.2
(37.8)
11.3
(52.3)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 67
(2.6)
53
(2.1)
57
(2.2)
45
(1.8)
46
(1.8)
52
(2.0)
27
(1.1)
29
(1.1)
44
(1.7)
77
(3.0)
88
(3.5)
80
(3.1)
655
(25.8)
Mean monthly sunshine hours 103 127 152 201 289 325 338 321 241 165 119 89 2,470
Source 1: Stringmeteo.org
Average sea temperature 7
(45)
6
(43)
8
(46)
12
(54)
18
(64)
23
(73)
26
(79)
27
(81)
23
(73)
20
(68)
15
(59)
10
(50)
16
(61)
Source 2: Holiday Check[2]

Twin cities

References

  • Rajčevski, Stojan (2001). "Carevo". Krajbrežna Strandža: Toponimi i hidronimi. Sofia: Universitetsko izdatelstvo "Sv. Kliment Ohridski". pp. 59–66. ISBN 954-07-1541-5.
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