Kuklen
| Kuklen (Куклен) | |||||
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 Bulgaria
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| Oblast : | Plovdiv | ||||
| Residents : | 5746 (December 31, 2018) | ||||
| Coordinates : | 42 ° 2 ' N , 24 ° 47' E | ||||
| Height : | 393 m | ||||
| License plate : | PB | ||||
Kuklen ( Bulgarian : Куклен) is a city and administrative center of a municipality of the same name in Plovdiv Oblast in central Bulgaria . The city with 5,805 inhabitants (2016) is located in the Thracian Plain at the foot of the Rhodope Mountains , approx. 14 km south of Plovdiv and 7 km northwest of Asenovgrad . The highway A1 runs north 20 km away.
Since 2008, the city has given its name to Kuklen Point , a headland on Livingston Island in Antarctica.
Attractions
- Dreiheiligenkirche, a Roman Catholic church
- "Sweti Sweti Kozma and Damjan" monastery
Personalities
Web links
Commons : Kuklen - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
- Plovdiv Oblast website: Kuklen municipality - demography, economy (bulg.)
- Municipality Kuklen (Eng.)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Population by towns and sex. In: nsi.bg. Republic of Bulgaria - National Statistical Institute (NSI), April 12, 2019, accessed May 5, 2019 .