Shabla
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| Province (oblast) |
Dobrich |
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| Population | 4,177 (13.09.2005) |
| Altitude | 47 m |
| Postal code | 9680 |
| Area code | 05743 |
| Geographic coordinates |
43° 32' north, 28° 32' east |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2; UTC+3 in summer) |
| Mayor | Elka Varbanova-Dimova |
Shabla (Bulgarian: Шабла, Romanian: Şabla) is a town in northeastern Bulgaria, part of Dobrich Province and close to Kavarna. It is situated on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast in the vicinity of the salt-water Lake Shabla and Bulgaria's easternmost point, Cape Shabla.
The town is an ancient Thracian settlement founded 6th-5th century BC that grew into a Black Sea port in Roman times. The town flourished in the early years of the Byzantine Empire, a fortress still being preserved from the period (4th century AD).
Shabla's lighthouse is the tallest, oldest and easternmost one of the Bulgarian coast. Set among the ruins of the 4th-century fortress, it was built in its modern appearance during the Crimean War and opened on 15 July 1856, though it is in fact a reconstructed older lightouse built between 1756 and 1786.[1] Its tower is 28.23 m-tall.
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