Svirachi

Svirachi
Svirachi Location of Svirachi
Coordinates: 41°29′N 26°7′E / 41.483°N 26.117°E / 41.483; 26.117
Country	Bulgaria
Provinces (Oblast)	Haskovo
Government
• Mayor	Tyanka Pehlivanova
Elevation	235 m (771 ft)
Population  (2006)
• Total	400
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code	6578
Area code	03665

Svirachi (Bulgarian: Свирачи) is a village in the Haskovo Province, southern Bulgaria. As of 2006^[update] it has 400 inhabitants, which places it the largest village in Ivaylovgrad municipality. Inhabitants of Svirachi are Anatolian Bulgarians, Eastern Orthodox Bulgarians, whose ancestors are Bulgarian refugees from Anatolia. Its former name was Zurnazen or Zornazan, which is meant "Player of Zurna" in Turkish.