# Hitrino > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Hitrino > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Hitrino.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitrino > Source revision: 1331079306 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Infobox settlement |official_name = Hitrino |native_name=Хитрино| |subdivision_type = [Country](/source/Countries_of_the_world) |subdivision_name = {{BUL}} |subdivision_type1 = [Provinces](/source/Provinces_of_Bulgaria)
(Oblast) |timezone=[EET](/source/Eastern_European_Time) |utc_offset=+2 |timezone_DST=[EEST](/source/Eastern_European_Summer_Time) |utc_offset_DST=+3 |map_caption = Location of Hitrino| |pushpin_relief = 1 |pushpin_map =Bulgaria |pushpin_label_position = right |pushpin_map_caption =Location of Hitrino |pushpin_mapsize = |leader_title =Mayor |postal_code_type =Postal Code | | subdivision_name1=Shumen| | population_total=5654|population_footnotes=[https://infostat.nsi.bg/infostat/pages/reports/result.jsf?x_2=2090] | population_as_of=2021| elevation_m=273| postal_code=9780| area_code=05341 |coordinates = {{coord|43.4260|N|26.9174|E|region:BG|display=inline}} |leader_name=Nuridin Ismail ([PP-DB](/source/PP-DB))| }} '''Hitrino''' ({{langx|bg|Хитрино}}, {{IPA|bg|ˈxitrino|pron}}) is a village in northeastern [Bulgaria](/source/Bulgaria), part of [Shumen Province](/source/Shumen_Province). It is the administrative centre of the homonymous [Hitrino Municipality](/source/Hitrino_Municipality), which lies in the northwestern part of the province. Hitrino is located in the northeastern [Ludogorie](/source/Ludogorie) region, equally outlying from the [Black Sea](/source/Black_Sea) and the [Danube](/source/Danube), 20 kilometres from the provincial capital of [Shumen](/source/Shumen). The village has a railway station on the [Varna](/source/Varna%2C_Bulgaria)-[Rousse](/source/Rousse) line and lies on the main road between [Silistra](/source/Silistra) and Shumen. == History == The name of the village up until 1934 is Шейтанджик ( Sheitandjik ). Hitrino was almost entirely populated by local Turkish people as a big part of it emigrated to Turkey during the so-called [Revival Process](/source/Revival_Process). "[Ludogorie](/source/Ludogorie)" was founded in Hitrino in 1949. On 23 January 1955 the machine-tractor station in Hitrino is opened. A Municipal pioneer home "Живко Гергански ( Jivko Gerganski )" was made near the railway station in the village. It includes 31 pioneer battalions. ==Municipality== {{Main|Hitrino Municipality}} Hitrino municipality includes the following 21 places: {{div col|colwidth=18em}} * [Baykovo](/source/Baykovo) * [Bliznatsi](/source/Bliznatsi%2C_Shumen_Province) * [Cherna](/source/Cherna%2C_Shumen_Province) * [Dlazhko](/source/Dlazhko) * [Dobri Voynikovo](/source/Dobri_Voynikovo) * [Edinakovtsi](/source/Edinakovtsi) * '''Hitrino''' * [Iglika](/source/Iglika%2C_Shumen_Province) * [Kalino](/source/Kalino%2C_Bulgaria) * [Kamenyak](/source/Kamenyak%2C_Shumen_Province) * [Razvigorovo](/source/Razvigorovo) * [Slivak](/source/Slivak) * [Stanovets](/source/Stanovets) * [Studenitsa](/source/Studenitsa) * [Tervel](/source/Tervel_(village)) * [Timarevo](/source/Timarevo) * [Trem](/source/Trem_(village)) * [Varbak](/source/Varbak) * [Visoka Polyana](/source/Visoka_Polyana%2C_Shumen_Province) * [Zhivkovo](/source/Zhivkovo%2C_Shumen_Province) * Zvegor {{div col end}} ==2016 train accident== {{Main|Hitrino train derailment}} At 5:40 am local time (03:40 GMT), on 10 December 2016, 7 people were killed and 29 were injured following the [explosion of a derailed tanker train](/source/Hitrino_train_derailment). The train, which was carrying [propane](/source/propane)-[butane](/source/butane) and [propylene](/source/propylene), struck an electricity pylon, exploded and caught fire.{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/12/10/fivekilled-bulgarian-explosion-following-train-derailment/|title=Five killed in Bulgarian explosion following train derailment|publisher=Telegraph Media Group Ltd |work=Daily Telegraph |accessdate=10 December 2016}} The fire engulfed at least fifty buildings,{{cite web |url=https://www.cnn.com/2016/12/10/europe/bulgaria-train-explosion/index.html |title=Bulgaria train derailment: 5 killed in blast |first=Radina |last=Gigova |publisher=CNN |accessdate=10 December 2016}} one of which collapsed trapping some children.{{cite web |url=http://www.capital.bg/politika_i_ikonomika/bulgaria/2016/12/10/2880730_hitrino_predi_i_sled_vzriva/ |title=Хитрино: преди и след взрива |trans-title=Hitrino: before and after the explosion |language=Bulgarian |publisher=Capital |accessdate=10 December 2016}} 20 buildings in Hitrino were destroyed. An evacuation of the village was ordered as 150 firefighters fought the blaze;{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/train-explosion-bulgaria-hitrino-derailment-people-dead-a7466951.html |title=At least four people die after train explodes in Bulgaria |accessdate=10 December 2016 |publisher=Associated Press}} it was extinguished by midday.{{cite web |url=http://www.focus-fen.net/news/2016/12/10/414010/afp-7-killed-in-blast-as-bulgaria-gas-train-derails.html |title=AFP: 7 killed in blast as Bulgaria gas train derails |publisher=Focus News Agency |date=10 December 2016 |accessdate=11 December 2016 |archive-date=10 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510140248/http://www.focus-fen.net/news/2016/12/10/414010/afp-7-killed-in-blast-as-bulgaria-gas-train-derails.html |url-status=dead }} The injured were taken to hospitals in [Shumen](/source/Shumen) and [Varna](/source/Varna%2C_Bulgaria). Some of them sustained burns to 90% of their body. Bulgarian Prime Minister [Boyko Borisov](/source/Boyko_Borisov), visited the village several hours after the blast.{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/killed-bulgarian-explosion-train-derailment-44104443|title=5 Killed in Bulgarian Explosion Following Train Derailment|first=ABC|last=News|publisher=abcnews.go.com|accessdate=10 December 2016}}{{cite web|url=https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/741946/Bulgaria-train-crash-hitrino-derailed-explodes-four-dead-evacuation|title=Train derails and explodes into flames, leaving THREE MILES of destruction and five dead|first=Helen Barnett and Katie|last=Mansfield|date=10 December 2016|publisher=express.co.uk|accessdate=10 December 2016}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38274342|title=Bulgarian freight train derails and explodes, killing five|date=10 December 2016|publisher=bbc.co.uk|accessdate=10 December 2016}} == Honours == [Hitrino Ridge](/source/Hitrino_Ridge) in [Antarctica](/source/Antarctica) is named after the village. ==External links== * [http://www.hitrino.org/ Hitrino municipality website] {{in lang|bg}} ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Shumen Province}} {{Hitrino}} Category:Villages in Shumen Province --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Hitrino](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitrino) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitrino?action=history)). 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