Gabrovo is a town in central Bulgaria, the administrative and economic centre of the eponymous Gabrovo Municipality and Gabrovo District. It is situated along the Yantra River in the northern foothills of the Shipchen Lobe of the Balkan Mountains. In its immediate vicinity, in the Uzana locality, is the geographical centre of Bulgaria.

According to the National Statistical Institute (NSI) the population of the town is 43 710 people^[1] (31 December 2024).

Gabrovo is known for its love of humour (see Gabrovo jokes), its annual carnival of humour and satire, its mechanical engineering, its numerous monuments, bridges and long streets.

Gabrovo is the longest town in Bulgaria with its 25 km of sq. Gabrovo has the longest railway line from Yabulka to the lake.^[2]