- Ribaritsa, Lovech Province
Ribaritsa ( _bg. Рибарица, also transliterated "Ribarica", "Ribaritza") is a village in
Teteven municipality,Lovech Province . It lies at the foot of the TetevenBalkan Mountains , on the banks of the Beli Vit River, 12 kilometres from Teteven, 74 kilometres southwest ofLovech and 138 kilometres northeast ofSofia . Due to its mountainous location 701 metres above sea level, it is a popular mountain resort.As of 2008 , it has a population of 1,188 and the mayor is Nikola Nikolov.GR|BulgariaThe noted Bulgarian revolutionary
Georgi Benkovski , a leader of theApril Uprising , was killed by the Ottomans in the Kostina area near Ribaritsa in 1876. It was also the place where the famous general andmayor of Sofia Vladimir Vazov (brother of national writerIvan Vazov ) spent the last years of his life; he died there on20 May 1945 .
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