Belchin

Belchin () is a village in the Sofia Province southwestern Bulgaria, located in the Samokov Municipality. As of the 2024 the village had a population of 367.

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Settlement.postal_code: 2025
Settlement.name: Belchin
Settlement.native_name: Белчин
Settlement.settlement_type: Village
Settlement.image_skyline: Belchin-center.jpg
Settlement.pushpin_map: Bulgaria
Settlement.pushpin_relief: 1
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location of Belchin within Bulgaria
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Bulgaria
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Sofia
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Samokov
Settlement.leader_party: GERB
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor
Settlement.leader_name: Angel Dzhorgov
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Belchin
Population: 244
Area: 35.147
Elevation: 931
Image: Belchin-center.jpg

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postal code: 2025
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Belchin () is a village in the Sofia Province southwestern Bulgaria, located in the Samokov Municipality. As of the 2024 the village had a population of 367.

== Geography == Belchin is located in the Samokov Valley at the foothills of the Rila mountain range, very close to mountain ranges of Vitosha, Verila and Plana. It is close the river Palakaria of the Iskar drainage. The village lies some 13 km west of the municipal center Samokov and about a kilometer west of the spa resort of Belchinski Bani. Belchin has a territory of 35.147 km2.