Omurtag (town)

Omurtag (town)

Omurtag (Bulgarian: Омуртаг) is a town at the eastern foot of Stara Planina in northeastern Bulgaria, part of Targovishte Province, situated at 525 m above sea level. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Omurtag Municipality. As of February 2011, the town has a population of 7,369 inhabitants.

A notable native is Aleksandar Aleksandrov, one of the two Bulgarian cosmonauts.

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