Laki (city)

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Laki (Лъки)
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Laki (Bulgaria)
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Basic data
State : BulgariaBulgaria Bulgaria
Oblast : Plovdiv
Residents : 1852  (December 31, 2018)
Coordinates : 41 ° 50 ′  N , 24 ° 50 ′  E Coordinates: 41 ° 50 ′ 0 ″  N , 24 ° 49 ′ 52 ″  E
Height : 634 m
Telephone code : (+359) 03052
License plate : PB

Laki ( Bulgarian : Лъки) is a city and administrative center of a municipality of the same name in Plovdiv Oblast in southern Bulgaria . The city with 1971 inhabitants (2016) is located 54 km south of Plovdiv and 20 km south of Asenovgrad in the Rhodope Mountains . Manastir is part of Laki, at 1,430 meters the highest settlement on the Balkan Peninsula .

The Jugowska , a tributary of the Chaya, flows through the city of Laki . The factories around the city of Laki in particular pollute the Chaya river with lead and zinc .

The highway A1 runs north, 45 km away.

The city has given its name to Laki Peak , a mountain in Graham Land in Antarctica , since 2011 .

Web links

Commons : Laki (city)  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Population by towns and sex. In: nsi.bg. Republic of Bulgaria - National Statistical Institute (NSI), April 12, 2019, accessed May 5, 2019 .