Pomorie
Pomorie
Поморие | |
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Town | |
UTC+3 (EEST) | |
Postal Code | 8200 |
Pomorie (
It is situated in Burgas Province, 20,5 km away from the city of Burgas and 18 km from the Sunny Beach resort. The ultrasaline lagoon Lake Pomorie, the northernmost of the Burgas Lakes, lies in the immediate proximity. The town is the administrative centre of the eponymous Pomorie Municipality.
Pomorie is an ancient city and today is an important tourist destination. As of 2020, it had a population of 13,926.[1] It lies at 42°33′N 27°39′E / 42.550°N 27.650°E.
Geography
Topography
The modern city of Pomorie is located on a narrow peninsula of the same name, inserted 3.5 km into the Black Sea, on the northwest coast of the Burgas Bay. From the south, east and northeast, the city is surrounded by the sea, from the north - by Lake Pomorie, and only from the west-northwest it is connected to the Pomorie field, which is part of the Burgas lowland.
The sea coast is low, sandy, with an open horizon to the east and west, protected to the north by Stara Planina. Pomorie Bay has 18,700 sq.m. of beaches. The seabed is shallow, with a gentle slope, without reefs and cold sea currents, and is safe for swimming.
Climate
Under the Köppen climate classification, Pomorie has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen: Cfa). The summertime in Pomorie lasts about five months from mid-May until late September. Average temperatures during high season is 24 °C (75 °F). Summertime sea temperatures stay around 23–24 °C (73–75 °F) at sunrise and go up to 29–30 °C (84–86 °F) at dawn, averaging 26 °C (79 °F). Winters are milder compared with the inland part of the country, with average temperatures of 4–5 °C (39–41 °F) and below 0 °C (32 °F) during the night. Snow is possible in December, January, February and rarely in March; however, it can quickly melt. The highest temperature was recorded in June 2007, at 42.8 °C (109 °F) and the lowest at −21.6 °C (−7 °F) in January 1942.
Climate data for Pomorie, Bulgaria (1991-2020) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 20.1 (68.2) |
23.2 (73.8) |
27.3 (81.1) |
31.8 (89.2) |
34.9 (94.8) |
42.8 (109.0) |
41.3 (106.3) |
41.7 (107.1) |
36.2 (97.2) |
34.0 (93.2) |
27.2 (81.0) |
22.8 (73.0) |
42.8 (109.0) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 4.8 (40.6) |
6.4 (43.5) |
9.5 (49.1) |
14.1 (57.4) |
19.8 (67.6) |
24.6 (76.3) |
27.5 (81.5) |
27.3 (81.1) |
23.6 (74.5) |
18.9 (66.0) |
13.1 (55.6) |
7.6 (45.7) |
16.4 (61.5) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 1.7 (35.1) |
2.8 (37.0) |
5.4 (41.7) |
10.1 (50.2) |
15.7 (60.3) |
20.2 (68.4) |
23.0 (73.4) |
23.0 (73.4) |
19.3 (66.7) |
14.5 (58.1) |
9.5 (49.1) |
4.5 (40.1) |
12.5 (54.5) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −1.5 (29.3) |
−0.6 (30.9) |
1.7 (35.1) |
5.8 (42.4) |
10.7 (51.3) |
15.1 (59.2) |
17.4 (63.3) |
17.1 (62.8) |
14.4 (57.9) |
10.4 (50.7) |
5.9 (42.6) |
1.2 (34.2) |
8.1 (46.6) |
Record low °C (°F) | −21.6 (−6.9) |
−19.5 (−3.1) |
−15.0 (5.0) |
−1.5 (29.3) |
2.2 (36.0) |
6.0 (42.8) |
10.2 (50.4) |
10.9 (51.6) |
4.0 (39.2) |
−1.2 (29.8) |
−9.6 (14.7) |
−15.0 (5.0) |
−21.6 (−6.9) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 38 (1.5) |
36 (1.4) |
32 (1.3) |
39 (1.5) |
48 (1.9) |
48 (1.9) |
33 (1.3) |
25 (1.0) |
31 (1.2) |
45 (1.8) |
51 (2.0) |
47 (1.9) |
473.0 (18.62) |
Average precipitation days | 8.1 | 7.5 | 8.1 | 9.7 | 9.2 | 9.1 | 6.1 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 6.6 | 9.0 | 9.1 | 92.6 |
Average relative humidity (%)
|
80.2 | 77.6 | 75.3 | 76.4 | 76 | 73.4 | 70.9 | 71.4 | 72.2 | 77.1 | 79.2 | 80.6 | 75.9 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 76 | 110 | 147 | 207 | 278 | 302 | 339 | 323 | 264 | 185 | 118 | 63 | 2,412 |
Average ultraviolet index | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4.7 |
Source: stringmeteo.com[2] |
History
Pomorie was founded by the
Ancient Greek colony and Roman centre
Possibly founded in the 5th or 4th century BC as a colony of Apollonia (today Sozopol), Anchialos was mentioned in Strabo's Geographica as a small town. It was briefly captured by Messembria (Nesebar) in the 2nd century BC, but reconquered by Apollonia and its fortified walls destroyed.
The western
Early Byzantine rule
However, the invasion of barbarian tribes from the north meant an end to this prosperity in the middle of the 3rd century, with the Goths briefly capturing Anchialos around 270. Diocletian stayed in the city between 28 and 30 October 294. His and Constantine the Great's reforms restored the city's prosperity for a while, as the proximity to the new capital of Constantinople made Anchialos a key food supply centre.
The
The
Byzantine and Bulgarian rule
After 681 and the formation of the
In May 783
The
Ottoman rule
After the
Already before 1819 many prominent locals joined the Greek patriotic organization
Part of Bulgaria
Anchialos was liberated from Ottoman rule on 27 January 1878 and became part of
The town accommodated many Bulgarian refugees from
Landmarks
- Municipal museum and gallery
- Salt Museum, Pomorie
- Ancient Thracian beehive tomb from the Roman period (3rd century AD)
- Traditional 19th-century wooden houses
- Nativity of Theotokos Church (1890)
- Church of the Transfiguration of God (1765)
- St George's Monastery (1856)
- Yavorov's Rocks
Honour
Pomorie Point on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica is named after Pomorie.
References
- ^ a b Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - POPULATION BY TOWNS AND SEX AS OF 31.12.2020
- ^ "Climatological Normals for Pomorie, Bulgaria (2000-)". stringmeteo. Archived from the original on 16 December 2023. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
- ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 832
- ^ Michel Lequien, Oriens christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus, Paris 1740, Vol. I, coll. 1189-1192
- ^ Gaetano Moroni, Dizionario di erudizione storico-ecclesiastica, Vol. 2, pp. 41
- ^ Siméon Vailhé, v. Anchialos, in Dictionnaire d'Histoire et de Géographie ecclésiastiques, vol. II, Paris 1914, coll. 1511-1513
- ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 832
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- ^ a b c Theodora Dragostinova, Between two motherlands : nationality and emigration among the Greeks of Bulgaria, 1900-1949. Cornell University Press, 2011. [1], page=44-47
- ISBN 978-1-4422-4180-0.
- ISBN 9789027293404.
- "Pomorie – The Ancient Anchialos" (in Bulgarian). Pomorie.net. Archived from the original on 6 December 2006. Retrieved 6 August 2006.