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Opitsvet, Bulgaria

Опицвет
Opitsvet, Bulgaria Опицвет
	Opitsvet, Bulgaria Location of Opitsvet
	Coordinates: 42°52′N 23°6′E / 42.867°N 23.100°E
Country	Bulgaria
Provinces; (Oblast)	Sofia
Elevation	576 m (1,890 ft)
Population (2005)
• Total	368
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code	2235
Area code	07110
License plate	B

Opitsvet (Bulgarian: Опицвет) is a village in Kostinbrod Municipality, Sofia Province, located in western Bulgaria approximately 31 km from the capital city of Sofia and 11 km west of the town of Kostinbrod. The village was first mentioned as Opiçvud and Opiçved in Ottoman registers of 1576. The name may be linked to the adjective from lop ("butterbur") and the common noun tsvet ("blossom").^[1]

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Opitsvet Lake in Antarctica is named after the village.

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^ Чолева-Димитрова, Анна М. (2002). Селищни имена от Югозападна България: Изследване. Речник (in Bulgarian). София: Пенсофт. p. 152. ISBN 954-642-168-5. OCLC 57603720.

42°52′N 23°06′E / 42.867°N 23.100°E / 42.867; 23.100

[1] Чолева-Димитрова, Анна М. (2002). Селищни имена от Югозападна България: Изследване. Речник (in Bulgarian). София: Пенсофт. p. 152. ISBN 954-642-168-5. OCLC 57603720.

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Opitsvet, Bulgaria Опицвет
Opitsvet, Bulgaria Location of Opitsvet
Coordinates: 42°52′N 23°6′E / 42.867°N 23.100°E / 42.867; 23.100
Country	Bulgaria
Provinces (Oblast)	Sofia
Elevation	576 m (1,890 ft)
Population (2005)
• Total	368
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code	2235
Area code	07110
License plate	B

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