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The Central Balkan Mountains run from Arabakonak to the Vratnik Pass, with a length of 207 kilometres (129 mi). Botev Peak, the highest mountain in the Balkan range at 2,376 metres (7,795 ft), is located in this section. The Eastern Balkan Mountains extend from the Vratnik Pass to Cape Emine, with a length of 160 kilometres (99 mi). The highest ...
The earliest mention of the name appears in an early 14th-century Arab map, in which the Haemus Mountains are referred to as Balkan. [19] The first attested time the name "Balkan" was used in the West for the mountain range in Bulgaria was in a letter sent in 1490 to Pope Innocent VIII by Buonaccorsi Callimaco , an Italian humanist, writer and ...
This is a list of the top 20 highest ultra prominent mountains in mainland Balkan Peninsula. Musala Peak, Rila Mountain , Bulgaria Mytikas Peak, Mount Olympus , Greece Maja e Jezercës , Accursed Mountains , Albania Vihren , Pirin Mountain , Bulgaria Radomir/Kalabak/Kerkini , Belasitsa , Bulgaria and Greece View of Botev Peak from I-6 road ...
Bulgaria's highest mountains are Rila (highest peak Musala, 2925 m; the highest in the Balkans) and Pirin (highest peak Vihren, 2914 m). The large mountain chain of Stara planina (Balkan Mountains) runs west–east across the entire country, bisecting it and giving the name to the entire Balkan peninsula.
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The Balkan Mountains – Stara Planina — a mountain range in central Bulgaria and eastern Serbia. Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. M.
Map of Bulgaria. This is a complete list of all cities and towns in Bulgaria sorted by population. Province capitals are shown in bold. Primary sources are the National Statistical Institute (NSI) [1] and the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. [2] The largest city is Sofia with about 1.4 million inhabitants and the smallest is Melnik with about 300 ...