Vakarel

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Vakarel () is a village, 23 km away from Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b0/Vakarel-Panorama.jpg" caption="View of Vakarel"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f1/Magistrala-Trakia-pri-Vakarel.jpg" caption="[[Trakiya motorway]] Vakarel junction"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/58/Vakarel-Town-hall.jpg" caption="Vakarel [[Town hall"] ::

Population: 1984 people. It is situated in the Sredna Gora mountains, within Ihtiman Municipality. The village is an important transport knot along the Sofia - Plovdiv railway route. The Trakiya motorway runs near Vakarel. Vakarel is 822 meters above sea level.

About 1 km away from the village is the Vakarel Radio Transmitter. Near Vakarel is the Vakarelian Monastery 'Saint Petka'. The monastery is relatively new, established in the 20th century. Its yearly celebration is on 14 October.

Residential areas are also around Vakarel.

Vakarel's name is of Aromanian (Balkan Latin) origin, from the word vacarel, "cattleshed, cowshed" or with the Aromanian diminutive suffix –el, "young cowherd", cf. Romanian văcar, "cowboy, neatherd".

Gallery

File:St-Petka-Monastery-of-Vakarel.jpg|Vacareiian Monastery St. Petka File:Vacarelian-Monastery-Church.jpg|St. Petka Church of Vakarelian Monastery St. Petka File:Vacarelian-Monastery-Church-Interior.jpg|Interior of St. Petka Church in Vacarelian Monastery File:Radio-transmitter-antena-at-Vakarel.jpg|Vakarel radio transmitter File:RIF-Ltd-Vakarel.jpg| RIF Ltd. - a construction materials company, based in Vakarel

Honour

Vakarel Saddle on Smith Island, South Shetland Islands is named after Vakarel.

References

References

  1. [[:bg:Вакарел. Bulgarian online encyclopedia]]
  2. Чолева-Димитрова, Анна М.. (2002). "Селищни имена от Югозападна България: Изследване. Речник". Пенсофт.
  3. "hallo.ro - văcar". Dictionar Englez-Român.

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