Suvorovo


Suvorovo is a town in northeastern Bulgaria, part of Varna Province. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Suvorovo Municipality, which lies in the northwestern part of the Province. The town is located in the southwestern part of the Dobruja plateau, northwest of the provincial capital of Varna, southwest of Dobrich and east of Shumen. As of December 2009, it has a population of 4,723 inhabitants.
Suvorovo was originally named Kozludža, usually spelled Kozludzha or Kozludja, and in 1934 it was renamed Novgradets. Its present name is in honor of Generalissimus Alexander Suvorov, one of the famous Russian military commanders, who won a decisive battle of the Russo-Turkish War of 1768–1774 in the vicinity of the modern town. The town has a historical museum, a community centre, an Eastern Orthodox church dedicated to the Ascension of Jesus and a mosque.

Municipality

Suvorovo municipality covers an area of includes the following 9 places:
Notable natives of the municipality include Esoteric Christian spiritual leader Peter Deunov and Movement for Rights and Freedoms president Ahmed Doğan

Points of interest

West of Suvorovo, at 43°18'52"N 27°30'25"E, there is Bulgaria's only 750 kV substation.