Hitrino (Bulgarian: Хитрино, pronounced [ˈxitrino]) is a village in northeastern Bulgaria, part of Shumen Province. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Hitrino Municipality, which lies in the northwestern part of the province.
Hitrino
Хитрино | |
|---|---|
  Hitrino Location of Hitrino | |
| Coordinates: 43°25′34″N 26°55′03″E / 43.4260°N 26.9174°E | |
| Country |  Bulgaria |
| Provinces (Oblast) | Shumen |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Nuridin Ismail (PP-DB) |
| Elevation | 273 m (896 ft) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Total | 5,654 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal Code | 9780 |
| Area code | 05341 |
Hitrino is located in the northeastern Ludogorie region, equally outlying from the Black Sea and the Danube, 20 kilometres from the provincial capital of Shumen. The village has a railway station on the Varna-Rousse line and lies on the main road between Silistra and Shumen.
History
editThe name of the village up until 1934 is Шейтанджик ( Sheitandjik ).
Hitrino was almost entirely populated by local Turkish people as a big part of it emigrated to Turkey during the so-called Revival Process.
"Ludogorie" was founded in Hitrino in 1949.
On 23 January 1955 the machine-tractor station in Hitrino is opened.
A Municipal pioneer home "Живко Гергански ( Jivko Gerganski )" was made near the railway station in the village. It includes 31 pioneer battalions.
Municipality
editHitrino municipality includes the following 21 places:
2016 train accident
editAt 5:40 am local time (03:40 GMT), on 10 December 2016, 7 people were killed and 29 were injured following the explosion of a derailed tanker train. The train, which was carrying propane-butane and propylene, struck an electricity pylon, exploded and caught fire.[1] The fire engulfed at least fifty buildings,[2] one of which collapsed trapping some children.[3] 20 buildings in Hitrino were destroyed.
An evacuation of the village was ordered as 150 firefighters fought the blaze;[4] it was extinguished by midday.[5] The injured were taken to hospitals in Shumen and Varna.[3] Some of them sustained burns to 90% of their body.[1]
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, visited the village several hours after the blast.[6][7][8]
Honours
editHitrino Ridge in Antarctica is named after the village.
External links
edit- Hitrino municipality website (in Bulgarian)
References
edit- ^ a b "Five killed in Bulgarian explosion following train derailment". Daily Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group Ltd. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
- ^ Gigova, Radina. "Bulgaria train derailment: 5 killed in blast". CNN. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
- ^ a b "Хитрино: преди и след взрива" [Hitrino: before and after the explosion] (in Bulgarian). Capital. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
- ^ "At least four people die after train explodes in Bulgaria". Associated Press. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
- ^ "AFP: 7 killed in blast as Bulgaria gas train derails". Focus News Agency. 10 December 2016. Archived from the original on 10 May 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
- ^ News, ABC. "5 Killed in Bulgarian Explosion Following Train Derailment". abcnews.go.com. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ Mansfield, Helen Barnett and Katie (10 December 2016). "Train derails and explodes into flames, leaving THREE MILES of destruction and five dead". express.co.uk. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
- ^ "Bulgarian freight train derails and explodes, killing five". bbc.co.uk. 10 December 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
43°25′34″N 26°55′03″E / 43.4260°N 26.9174°E
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