Pordim
Sign in to savePordim ( ) is a town in Pleven Province in central northern Bulgaria and the administrative centre of Pordim Municipality. The town is 155 metres above sea level in the Danubian Plain. In December 2009 the population was 2,117.
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- Pordim
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- Пордим
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- Bulgaria
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- Location of Pordim
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- Bulgaria
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- Location of Pordim
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- Mayor
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- Museum pordim.jpg
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- Pordim Museum house “His Royal Majesty Carol I”
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- Pleven
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- 2,117
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Pordim ( ) is a town in Pleven Province in central northern Bulgaria and the administrative centre of Pordim Municipality. The town is 155 metres above sea level in the Danubian Plain. In December 2009 the population was 2,117.
Pordim is thought to be the site of the first ever telephone connection in Bulgaria, during the siege of Plevna of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–78. It linked Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia with Prince Carol I of Romania.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pordim” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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