Haskovo

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Haskovo

Total population

76,587

Coordinates41.93°, 25.56°

Demographic figures from NSI Bulgaria. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Haskovo is a city in the region of Northern Thrace in southern Bulgaria and the administrative centre of the Haskovo Province, not far from the borders with Greece and Turkey. According to Operative Program Regional Development of Bulgaria, the urban area of Haskovo is the seventh largest in Bulgaria and has a population of 184,731 inhabitants. Haskovo has a population of 64,564 as of 2022, making it Bulgaria's 12th largest city.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Grigor Dimitrov

Bulgarian tennis player

Anyu Angelov

politician

A

Antonio Krastev

Bulgarian weightlifter

Apostol Popov

Bulgarian footballer

Asparuh Leshnikov

Bulgarian singer (1897-1978)

D

Dimitar Inkiow

Bulgarian journalist (1932-2006)

S

Sebihan Kerim Mehmet

Turkish-Bulgarian statesperson

Delian Dobrev

Bulgarian politician and economist

Stanimir Stoilov

Bulgarian footballer

P

Pjuzant Kassabian

badminton player

Gabriela Stoeva

badminton player

Borislav Stoychev

Bulgarian footballer

Ivan Skerlev

Bulgarian footballer

V

Vasil Atanas Božinov

Bulgarian composer (1888–1966)

V

Vanya Dermendzhieva

Olympic medalist in basketball

Tane Nikolov

Bulgarian revolutionary (1873-1947)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Haskovo

• Klokotnitsa
  4.8 mi away
• Manastir
  5.3 mi away
• Krepost
  5.4 mi away · pop. 1,435
• Konush
  5.4 mi away · pop. 695
• Podkrepa
  6.3 mi away
• Malevo
  6.4 mi away
• Dobrich
  6.7 mi away
• Trakiets
  6.9 mi away
• Orlovo
  7.3 mi away
• Knijovnik
  8 mi away
• Tatarevo
  8.2 mi away
• Chernogorovo
  8.3 mi away

Browse all places in Haskovo →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Haskovo

City Maps Haskovo Bulgaria

James McFee · 2017

Khaskovskii︠a︡t kraĭ

Nikolov, Ivan · 1988

Khaskovo

Ekaterina Pavlova · 2006

Travel Like a Local - Map of Haskovo

Maxwell Fox · 2019

Regionalen istoricheski muzeĭ Khaskovo

Georgi Gramatikov · 2007

Kunst der Goethezeit

Herzog Anton-Ulrich-Museum Braunschweig. · 1986

O Günden Sonra

Recep Küpçü · 2019

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Leather Beetle

Carabus coriaceus

Seen 2026-09-27

The Lappet

Gastropacha quercifolia

Seen 2026-08-15

Four-spotted Moth

Tyta luctuosa

Seen 2026-06-18

Spongy Moth

Lymantria dispar

Seen 2026-06-18

Mediterranean Banded Centipede

Scolopendra cingulata

Seen 2026-06-12

European Goldfinch

Carduelis carduelis

Seen 2025-07-02

Meal moth

Pyralis farinalis

Seen 2025-06-29

Sceliphron destillatorium

Sceliphron destillatorium

Seen 2025-06-06

Eurasian Jackdaw

Coloeus monedula

Seen 2025-05-04

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).