Alternate�names: Khaskovo or ??????? [Bulg], Hask�y [Turk], Chaskowo [Ger, Pol], Chaskovo, Haskovo, Haski�j, Chask�i. 41�56' N, 25�33' E, in S Bulgaria, 125 miles ESE of Sofiya, 44 miles ESE of Plovdiv. Haskovo �is a city and the administrative center of the Haskovo Province in southern Bulgaria, not far from the borders with Greece and Turkey. population: 184,731. [Sept 2014]
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- Jewish history. [Sept 2014]
- Encyclopedia Britannica [Sept 2014]
- Digital Collections - Yad Vashem : Documentation of�Jewish [Sept 2014]
- Sephardic Jews in Bulgaria [Sept 2014]
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CEMETERY:
Plovdiv Road. The Jewish cemetery section of a municipal cemetery was established around 1830 and contains about 40 19th century gravestones, some with portraits on them. The granite, marble and limestone gravestones have Hebrew and Bulgarian inscriptions. A masonry wall with a gate that locks surrounds the site. No caretaker. Relatives of the deceased do some maintenance work. About 35 Jews still live in Haskovo.
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