Galabovo

Galabovo (Bulgarian: Гълъбово Bulgarian pronunciation: [ˈɡɤɫɐbovo], from гълъб galab, "dove" + -ovo) is a town in south-central Bulgaria, part of Stara Zagora Province. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Galabovo Municipality. As of December 2022, the town had a population of 6,845.^[1]

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Galabovo
Galabovo
Galabovo Location of Galabovo
Coordinates: 42°8′N 25°51′E
Country	Bulgaria
Province (Oblast)	Stara Zagora
Government
• Mayor	Nikolay Tonev
Elevation	83 m (272 ft)
Population  (2009-12-31)[1]
• Total	8,404
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code	6280
Area code	0418

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Galabovo is located in the southeastern part of the Upper Thracian Plain, in a region economically important due to the extraction of coal and production of electricity in the region. The Maritsa Iztok-1 power plant is situated nearby. The population is predominantly Bulgarian and Bulgarian Orthodox, the employment is pretty high, with the residents employed for the most part in the coal, compressed slacks and electricity industry.