Yambol

 

or Jambol (both: yäm'bôl) , city (1993 pop. 91,119), SE Bulgaria. It is a commercial center and produces textiles, machinery, ceramics, and furniture. There are mineral springs nearby. The city was known in Roman times. Yambol was a residence of Turkish beys from the 15th to 18th cent. There are an 18th-century church and several Turkish mosques.

Yambol
Ямбол

Province (oblast)	Yambol
Population	85,966 (2006-01-10)
Altitude	114 m
Postal code	8600
Area code	046
License plate province code	Y
Geographic coordinates	42° 29' north, 26° 30' east
Time zone	EET (UTC[[UTC+2|+2]]; [[UTC+3]] in summer)
Mayor	Kiril Todorov (independent)

Yambol (Bulgarian: Ямбол) is a city in southeastern Bulgaria, the administrative centre of Yambol Province. It lies on both banks of the Tundzha in the historical region of Thrace. Today, the town has 85,966 inhabitants as of 2006.

Although the surrounding area has been inhabited since the Neolithic and was the location of the Thracian royal city of Cabyle (later conquered by Philip II of Macedon and the Romans, but destroyed by the Avars in 583), what is today Yambol was founded by Roman Emperor Diocletian in 293 as Diospolis ('city of Zeus'). The name later evolved through Diampolis and Diamboli to become Yambol.

As the Slavs and Bulgars arrived in the Balkans in the Middle Ages, the fortress was contested by the Bulgarian Empire and the Byzantines until 1373, when it fell to the Ottomans after a prolonged siege.

Yambol (Ottoman Turkish Yanbolu) was an important centre of the Ottoman Empire until liberated by Russian forces in January 1878 to become part of Eastern Rumelia and later Bulgaria after the Unification in 1886.

The predominant religion is Eastern Orthodoxy with a number of churches being present (among them one of the Holy Trinity, one of St George and one of St Nicholas), but there also exist Eastern Rite Catholic and Protestant religious buildings, as well as a 15th-century mosque.

Yambol Peak on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica is named for Yambol.

Notable natives

• John Vincent Atanasoff, the inventor of the digital electronic computer, has roots from Yambol
• Dimcho Roshmanov, composer
• Nikola Abramov, artist
• Georgi Gospodinov, author
• Volen Siderov, journalist and politician
• Radoy Ralin, poet and satirist
• Ivan Gazdov, artist, author, educator, former rector of the Bulgarian National Academy of Arts

Twin cities

• Villejuif, Paris, France
• Sieradz, Poland
• Izhevsk, Russia
• Berdyansk, Ukraine

Gallery

The Roofed Market "The Bezisten"	Garden in front of the Central Post Office	Church of St Nicholas by summer	Yambol Theatre by summer
Church of St Nicholas by winter	Yambol Theatre by winter	Tundzha River near City Stadium	Church of St George, built in 1737
Yambol City Hall "Diana"	Yambol City Park	City Park - The Round Alley	Yambol - Kargona Quarter
Technical Highschool "Ivan Raynov"	City Park - Memorial	Central Post Office	Central public library
Municipality building	Rakovsky street	Park "Borovets"	Radio Station on Borovets Hill

External links

• Official site of the municipality of Yambol
• Article at Zone Bulgaria
• Pictures of Yambol
• Tundzha (Yambol) municipality

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Municipalities of Yambol Province
Bolyarovo • Elhovo • Straldzha • Tundzha • Yambol

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