Shipka

Shipka is a town in central , part of Kazanlak Municipality, . It lies in the Central Balkan Mountains at 650 metres above sea level, facing the Kazanlak Valley.
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  • Type: Town with 1,270 residents
  • Description: city in Kazanlak municipality, Stara Zagora oblast, Bulgaria
  • Also known as: “Sipka”, “Şipka (Bulgaristan)”, “Şipka, Bulgaristan”, “ГР.ШИПКА”, “Град Шипка”, and “Шыпка (горад)”
  • Postal code: 6150

Places of Interest

Highlights: Shipka Memorial Church and Tomb of Seuthes III.

Church
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The Memorial Temple of the Birth of Christ, better…

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The is located near , .

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The , found in , has…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ezeroto and Kran.

Village
is a village in , in , in northern central . is situated 6 km northeast of Shipka.

Town
is a town in central . is situated 6 km southeast of Shipka.

Village
is a village in , in , in northern central . is situated 7 km north of Shipka.

Shipka

Latitude
42.71238° or 42° 42′ 45″ north
Longitude
25.33252° or 25° 19′ 57″ east
Population
1,270
Elevation
678 metres (2,224 feet)
Open location code
8GJ7P86M+X2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 323351236
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
727291
Wiki­data ID
Q133961
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Waray—“Shipka” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Շիպկա”
  • Belarusian: “Шыпка”
  • Bulgarian: “Шипка”
  • Catalan: “Xipka”
  • Cebuano: “Shipka”
  • Central Kurdish: “شیپکا”
  • Chechen: “Шипка (гӀала)”
  • Chechen: “Шипка”
  • Chinese: “希普卡”
  • Czech: “Šipka”
  • Dutch: “Sjipka”
  • Esperanto: “Ŝipka”
  • French: “Chipka”
  • German: “Schipka”
  • Hebrew: “שיפקה (עיירה)”
  • Irish: “Shipka”
  • Italian: “Šipka”
  • Japanese: “シプカ (都市)”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sjipka”
  • Persian: “شیپکا”
  • Polish: “Szipka”
  • Portuguese: “Shipka”
  • Pushto: “شیپکا (ښار)”
  • Pushto: “شیپکا”
  • Romanian: “Șipka”
  • Russian: “Шипка”
  • Slovenian: “Šipka”
  • South Azerbaijani: “شیپکا”
  • Spanish: “Shipka”
  • Swedish: “Sjipka”
  • Tatar: “Шипка”
  • Turkish: “Şipka”
  • Ukrainian: “Шипка”
  • Vietnamese: “Shipka”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Shipka”
  • “Шипка”

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