Harmanli
Харманли | |
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Coordinates: 41°56′N 25°54′E / 41.933°N 25.900°E | |
Country | Bulgaria |
Province (Oblast) | Haskovo |
Government | |
• Mayor | Maria Kirkova |
Elevation | 60 m (200 ft) |
Population (2021)[1] | |
• Total | 18,830 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Postal Code | 6450 |
Area code | 0373 |
Harmanli (Bulgarian: Харманли [ˈxarmɐnli], Turkish: Harmanlı) is a town in Haskovo Province, south-central Bulgaria. It is the administrative centre of the eponymous Harmanli Municipality.
Near the site of Hamanli in Late Antiquity, during the early 4th-century Cibalensean War, the Battle of Mardia was fought between the Roman emperors Licinius and Constantine the Great. Harmanli was founded 1510 along the road connecting Central Europe and Anatolia.