Velikan
Velikan is a village in the municipality of Dimitrovgrad, in Haskovo Province, in southern Bulgaria. Velikan Point on Smith Island, Antarctica is named after the village.- Type: Village with 91 residents
- Description: village in Dimitrovgrad municipality, Haskovo oblast, Bulgaria
- Also known as: “Balabanli” and “Balabanlii”
- Postal code: 6431
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Zlatna Livada and Yabalkovo.
Yabalkovo
Village
Yabalkovo is a village in the municipality of Dimitrovgrad, in Haskovo Province, in southern Bulgaria. Yabalkovo is situated 4 km south of Velikan.
Merichleri
Town
Merichleri is a small town located in the Dimitrovgrad Municipality of Haskovo Province, within South-central Bulgaria. It is located near the Maritsa River, at 150 metres in altitude. The population of the town was 2,011 residents as of 2006. Merichleri is situated 5 km northeast of Velikan.
Velikan
- Categories: village of Bulgaria and locality
- Location: Dimitrovgrad, Haskovo, Bulgaria, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
42.10383° or 42° 6′ 14″ north
Longitude
25.45466° or 25° 27′ 17″ east
Population
91
Elevation
154 metres (505 feet)
Open location code
8GJ74F33+GV
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Ukrainian—“Velikan” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Великан”
- Bulgarian: “С.ВЕЛИКАН”
- Chechen: “Великан (эвла)”
- Chechen: “Великан”
- Chinese: “Velikan”
- Dutch: “Velikan”
- German: “Welikan”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Velikan (selo)”
- Persian: “ولیکان”
- Polish: “Welikan”
- Romanian: “Velikan”
- Russian: “Великан”
- Tatar: “Великан (авыл)”
- Tatar: “Великан”
- Turkish: “Velikan”
- Ukrainian: “Великан”
- Ukrainian: “Велікан”
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