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Kabile

Kabile
Kabile is located in Bulgaria
Kabile
Kabile
Location of Kabile
Coordinates: 42°32′N 26°29′E / 42.533°N 26.483°E / 42.533; 26.483Coordinates: 42°32′N 26°29′E / 42.533°N 26.483°E / 42.533; 26.483
Country  Bulgaria
Provinces
(Oblast)
Yambol
Government
 • Mayor Georgi Dinev
Elevation 129 m (423 ft)
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Postal Code 8629
Area code(s) 04712, +359-4712

Kabile (Bulgarian: Кабиле), Cabyle, or Kabyle is a village in southeastern Bulgaria, part of the Tundzha municipality, Yambol Province. The ruins of the ancient Thracian city of Kabyle can be found nearby, and it remained an important fortress throughout the Middle Ages.

Kabile village is located 3 km northwest of Yambol. Zaychi vrah, the last hill of the Sredna Gora mountain range, can be found 1.5 km north of Kabile. The road from Yambol to the village of Zhelyu Voyvoda (in the Sliven Province) passes through Kabile, as well as the road from Yambol to the village of Drazhevo.

The name of the habitat originates from Cybele.

The site was inhabited since the 2nd millennium BC and traces of a Neolithic culture have been unearthed. Ceramics discovered from the 10th to the 6th century BC prove that the site was inhabited during the early Iron Age as well. In 341 BC the town was founded or refounded by Philip II of Macedon, who fortified it; subsequently, the town became a polis. It was under the rule of Philip II, Alexander the Great and Lysimachus from 341 BC up to 280 BC, when it came under the control of the Thracian Odrysian kingdom from 280 BC. However, its activities were diminished after the 2nd century BC due to aggressive campaigns by Philip V of Macedon. Later it fell under the control of King Cavarus of the Celtic Kingdom of Tylis. The city minted coins on behalf of the local Thracian leaders Spartokos (early 3rd century BC) and Sostokos, as well as the Celt Cavarus.


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