Online camera Yelkhovo. Central Square, Trade Street
The town of Elhovo stands on the bank of the river Tunja in a fertile area three hundred and forty kilometers southeast of the capital of the Republic of Bulgaria in the region of Yambol. The distance to the provincial capital is 35 km, to the Black Sea - 120 km, to the Turkish border - 20 km. The Strandzha and Sakar mountains shelter the area from the winds making the climate favorable.
About three thousand years ago the Thracian tribes lived on the territory of Bulgaria, who had no state of their own. A tribe that founded the settlement of Oruditsa lived in the area of today's Elhovo. Archaeologists have unearthed many artifacts of that era - a plate with an image of horsemen, various household items, jewelry, tools. At the beginning of the new era, the Roman Empire got its hands on these lands, and the city continued to exist under the name of Oruditsa ad-Burgum. Later these lands were settled by the Slavs and named the settlement Joanica.
In 9th century the town was annexed by Krum to the Bulgarian state, and in the 14th century, like other territories of present-day Bulgaria, it became a subject of the Turks. In those centuries the agriculture, trade with neighboring regions and various crafts developed intensively. The town stands on the road between Adrianopolis and Kabyle and plays an important role in the trade between the two points. During the Ottoman yoke, Elhovo was called K'zl Agac, which means "new birch". And only in 1925 an official state decree confirmed its name Elhovo.
Today Elhovo is a quiet and peaceful town, where couples and tourists with children love to relax. Guests visit the Ethnographic Museum, which presents a collection of Bulgarian costumes collected in the White Sea Thrace.
Lovers of hiking come to Elhovo to walk through the natural reserves. There are three of them here - "Dolna Topcia", "Gorna Topcia" and "Balabana". They are home to many animals and birds in the wild.
