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The town of Tvarditsa is located in Southeastern Bulgaria and is centre of municipality from Sliven district.
The Tvarditsa municipality is situated on an area of 442.5 sq. km in the westernmost part of the District of Sliven. It encompasses the southern slopes of the Elena-Tvarditsa Part of the Balkan, the hills of Mezhdenik (in the Sredna Gora Mountain), a part of the valley of the Tounja River and a part of the Zhrebchevo Dam.
The Tvarditsa and Shivachevo Hollow Field occupy the municipality’s central part. It borders the following municipalities: Sliven to the east; Nova Zagora to the south; Gourkovo (the District of Stara Zagora) - to the west and Elena (the District of Veliko Tarnovo) - to the north.
The geographical location of the Tvarditsa municipality together with the sub-Balkan transport corridor - a railway and a highway Sofia - Karlovo - Bourgas, which passes through the municipality, favours the development of the transport and economic connections not only with the neighbouring municipalities but also with the districts from all over Bulgaria.
The relief is mostly mountainous and hilly. The territory of the Tvarditsa municipality is distributed into three geomorphologic areas - the Balkan, the Sredna Gora and the plain areas. The Balkan Area is shaped typically of the medium-height mountain relief - highly risen in their upper part rounded ridges with a southern exposure, furrowed by deeply sunken valleys, which pass into steep slopes and deep indentations in their lower parts. The Sredna Gora Area has a low-mountain hilly relief with a pronounced central ridge of the Sredna Gora Mountain. The Plain Area, consisting of the Tvarditsa Hollow (250 m above sea level) and the Shivachevo Hollow (200 m above sea level), is enclosed between the steep slopes of the Balkan on the north and the slanting slopes of the Sredna Gora Mountain to the south. The lowest point is situated in the valley of the Tounja River - 205 metres, and the highest point is the Choumerna Summit - 1 536 metres.
Several rivers and small dam lakes provide the municipality’s water reserves. The river areas are 121 decares and include the rivers Kozarevska, Tvardishka, Blyagornitsa, Borovdolska and Beli Dere.
The municipality encompasses 10 settlements, including 2 towns and 8 villages: the towns of Tvarditsa and Shivachevo and the villages – Sborishte, Orizare, Byala palanka, Borov dol, Jalt Bryag, Chervenakovo, Bliznets, Sartsevo. To see the exact location of the town of Tvarditsa on the map, please click on the link below:BGmaps
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