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Sandanski
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Sandanski ( ; , formerly known as Sveti Vrach, , until 1947) is a town and a recreation center in southwestern Bulgaria, part of Blagoevgrad Province. Named after the Macedonian Bulgarian revolutionary Yane Sandanski, it is situated in Sandanski–Petrich Valley at the foot of the Pirin Mountains, along the banks of the Sandanska Bistritsa River. Sandanski is about 20 km away from the Bulgaria-Greece border and 100 km away from the Aegean Sea.
Key facts
- Settlement.postal_code
- 2800
- Settlement.official_name
- Sandanski
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Sandanski.gif
- Settlement.image_shield
- Sandanski Coat of arms.png
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Bulgaria-Sandanski-03.jpg
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Bulgaria
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province(Oblast)
- Settlement.timezone
- EET
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +2
- Settlement.timezone_DST
- EEST
- Settlement.utc_offset_DST
- +3
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Sandanski
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Bulgaria
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of Sandanski
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 26.867
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Yane Sandanski
- Official name
- Sandanski
- Country
- Ottoman Empire
- Located in
- Sandanski
- Official language
- Bulgarian
- Population
- 23592
- Area
- 26.867
- Elevation
- 296
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Capital of
- Sandanski
- Official website
- www.sandanskibg.com
- Image
- Bulgaria-Sandanski-03.jpg
- Dialing code
- 0746
Show 9 more facts
- twinned administrative body
- Volgograd
- Commons category
- Sandanski
- topic's main category
- Category:Sandanski
- category for people born here
- Q8071394
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Sandanski
- postal code
- 2800
- P8168
- Colle di Val d'Elsa
- native label
- Санда̀нски
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Bulgaria
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Climate
- Municipality
- Honour
- References
- External links
Sandanski ( ; , formerly known as Sveti Vrach, , until 1947) is a town and a recreation center in southwestern Bulgaria, part of Blagoevgrad Province. Named after the Macedonian Bulgarian revolutionary Yane Sandanski, it is situated in Sandanski–Petrich Valley at the foot of the Pirin Mountains, along the banks of the Sandanska Bistritsa River. Sandanski is about 20 km away from the Bulgaria-Greece border and 100 km away from the Aegean Sea.
The town has a convenient location, a mild to warm climate (with the highest average annual temperature in the country, +16°C) and a relatively high concentration of thermal water springs, which all make it a popular destination for relaxation and recreation.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sandanski” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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