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Maps of the Balkans often define the countries listed above as Balkan using a combination of geographic, political, social, and cultural factors. Other maps that use a strictly geographical approach include the entire Balkan Peninsula as Balkan.
Political Map of the Balkan Peninsula, the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea region with international borders, capital cities and main cities.
The Balkans (/ ˈ b ɔː l k ən z / BAWL-kənz, / ˈ b ɒ l k ən z / BOL-kənz [1]), corresponding partially with the Balkan Peninsula (Peninsula of Haemus, Haemaic Peninsula), is a geographical area in southeastern Europe with various geographical and historical definitions.
Generally, the Balkans are bordered on the northwest by Italy, on the north by Hungary, on the north and northeast by Moldova and Ukraine, and the south by Greece and Turkey or the Aegean Sea (depending on how the region is defined).
The Balkan Peninsula in southeastern Europe is located between the Adriatic Sea and the Black Sea. Mapcarta, the open map.
The Balkans or Balkan Peninsula is a geographical area in southeastern Europe, bordered by the Adriatic Sea to the northwest, the Ionian Sea to the southwest, the Aegean Sea to the south, the Turkish straits to the east, and the Black Sea to the northeast.
Below is a map detailing the Balkan Region. It shows international borders between countries that are considered to be part of the Balkans. The Balkans, also sometimes referred to as Southeast Europe, is a geographical and cultural region in the southeastern part of the European continent.