Beliza
| Belitsa (Белица) | |||||
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 Bulgaria
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| Oblast : | Blagoevgrad | ||||
| Residents : | 3148 (December 31, 2016) | ||||
| Area : | 72,923 km² | ||||
| Population density | 0 inhabitants / km² | ||||
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 57 ' N , 23 ° 34' E | ||||
| Height : | 700 - 999 m | ||||
| Postal code : | 2780 | ||||
| Telephone code : | (+359) 07444 | ||||
| License plate : | E. | ||||
Beliza ( Bulgarian : Белица ; often also: Belitsa ) is a city in the southwest of Bulgaria . The city is the administrative center of the municipality of the same name Belitsa in Blagoevgrad Oblast . The closest city is Jakoruda . Beliza has a mild Mediterranean climate . Due to its many cultural sights, the city is popular with tourists. Since 2010 she has given its name to the Beliza Peninsula in Antarctica.
Cultural and natural monuments
- The park of the dancing bears
- A place called Semkowo , 16 kilometers north of Beliza, offers tourists many opportunities for recreation, which is an important economic factor for Beliza.
Due to the mild climate and the good location of the municipality, many winter sports are carried out, which attracts tourists.
For the years 2000 to 2006, the Beliza Municipality prepared a comprehensive economic plan to attract more foreign tourists. Many hotels, sports facilities and holiday homes have been built in Beliza. Above all, the holiday homes were built for the Technical University of Sofia .
geography
The municipality is located in the basin of the Mesta river , enclosed between the mountains, Rila, Pirin and the Rhodope Mountains. It is located in the north-eastern part of the Blagoevgrad district . The municipality borders on the regions of Bansko , Raslog , Samokow , Jakoruda and Pazardzhik .
The municipality comprises 12 cities, 8 of them are in the Rhodope Mountains .
The total area of the municipality is 293,536 hectares, of which 221,862 hectares are forest and 63,205 hectares are agricultural land used by farmers. The region is predominantly mountainous. The average slope of the region is 9.1 percent. The area includes parts of the Rila , Rhodope Mountains and a large area of the Belishka Reka river valley.
Beliza station is located southeast of the city on the Rhodope Railway .
Administrative division
The municipality of Beliza is divided into the following districts, cities, villages and areas:
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sons and daughters of the town
- Velichko Apostolow , Bulgarian revolutionary
- Vladimir Poptomov (1890–1952), Bulgarian politician
- Georgi Andrejtschin , American, Soviet and Bulgarian politician and journalist
- Georgi Belyov , Bulgarian educator
Individual evidence
- ↑ The story of the bears in Bulgaria. ( Memento of the original from September 21, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Accessed August 2, 2009
- ↑ Tanzbären Park Belitsa ( Memento of the original from November 14, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Accessed August 2, 2009
