Ivanovo, Ruse Province

Coordinates: 43°42′N 25°59′E / 43.700°N 25.983°E / 43.700; 25.983

Ivanovo
Иваново
Ivanovo

Location of Ivanovo

Coordinates: 43°42′N 25°59′E / 43.700°N 25.983°E / 43.700; 25.983
Country  Bulgaria
Provinces
(Oblast)
Rousse
Government
  Mayor Danka Mateeva
Elevation 45 m (148 ft)
Population (2008)
  Total 921
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Postal Code 7088
Area code(s) 08116

Ivanovo (Bulgarian: Иваново, pronounced [iˈvanuvu]) is a village in northeastern Bulgaria, part of Rousse Province. It is the administrative centre of Ivanovo Municipality, which lies in the central part of Rousse Province.

Ivanovo (Ruse Province) Municipality Hall
Saint George Church in Ivanovo (Ruse Province)

Ivanovo is located 20 kilometres south of the provincial capital of Rousse, in the eastern Danubian Plain. The village is famous for the Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo, a UNESCO World Heritage Site medieval group of monolithic Eastern Orthodox churches, chapels and cave monasteries hewn out of solid rock in the vicinity of Ivanovo. The monastical complex was active from the early 13th to the 17th century.

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