Yambol

Yambol (Bulgarian: Ямбол) is a city in southeastern Bulgaria, the administrative centre of Yambol Province. It lies on both banks of the Tundzha in the historical region of Thrace. Today, the town has 85,966 inhabitants as of 2006. It is occasionally spelt 'Jambol'. The surrounding area has been inhabited since the Neolithic and was the location of the ancient Thracian royal city of Kabyle founded or refounded by Philip II of Macedon as an Ancien... more

Yambol (Bulgarian: Ямбол) is a city in southeastern Bulgaria, the administrative centre of Yambol Province. It lies on both banks of the Tundzha in the historical region of Thrace. Today, the town has 85,966 inhabitants as of 2006. It is occasionally spelt 'Jambol'. The surrounding area has been inhabited since the Neolithic and was the location of the ancient Thracian royal city of Kabyle founded or refounded by Philip II of Macedon as an Ancient Greek polis. Conquered by the Romans, but destroyed by the Avars in 583). What is today Yambol was founded by Roman Emperor Diocletian in A.D. 293; though it was named Diospolis (in Greek 'city of Zeus'), the name also reflected the emperor's name. The name later evolved through Diampolis, Hiambouli (in Byzantine chronicles), Dinibouli (Arabic chronicles), Dbilin (in Bulgarian inscriptions), and Diamboli to become Yambol. Ottomans called the city as "Yanbolu" and was a kaza centre was bounded to successively Edirne Sanjak of Rumeli Eyalet ... less