Mezek
Mezek is a village in southeastern Bulgaria, part of Svilengrad municipality, Haskovo Province. It lies at the foot of the eastern Rhodope Mountains, just north of the Bulgaria–Greece border and not far west of the Bulgaria–Turkey border.Photo: ANRH, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village with 207 residents
- Description: village in Svilengrad municipality, Haskovo oblast, Bulgaria
- Also known as: “Mesek” and “Mozek”
- Postal code: 6521
Places of Interest
Highlights include Thracian tomb near Mezek.
Thracian tomb near Mezek
Archaeological site
Photo: Andrey4oto, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Thracian tomb near Mezek is an archaeological site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Siva reka and Petrota.
Siva reka
Village
Photo: Bin im Garten, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Siva reka is a village in the municipality of Svilengrad, in Haskovo Province, in southern Bulgaria. Siva reka is situated 4½ km north of Mezek.
Petrota
Village
Photo: Izvora, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Petrota is a village at the northernmost point of Greece, part of the municipal unit Trigono. It was created around 1530 by Greeks that moved there from Epirus and Malta. Petrota is situated 6 km southeast of Mezek.
Malko Gradishte
Village
Photo: Bin im Garten, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Malko Gradishte is a village in the municipality of Lyubimets, in Haskovo Province, in southern Bulgaria. The village is located 14 km from the town of Lubimets, 18 km from Svilengrad, and 64 km from Haskovo. Malko Gradishte is situated 8 km west of Mezek.
Mezek
- Categories: village of Bulgaria, kmetstvo of Bulgaria, and locality
- Location: Mezek, Svilengrad, Haskovo, Bulgaria, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.73816° or 41° 44′ 17″ northLongitude
26.08807° or 26° 5′ 17″ eastPopulation
207Elevation
145 metres (476 feet)Open location code
8GH8P3QQ+76OpenStreetMap ID
node 273812581OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
729131Wikidata ID
Q2597711
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Uzbek—“Mezek” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Мезек”
- Bulgarian: “С.МЕЗЕК”
- Cebuano: “Mezek”
- Chechen: “Мезек”
- Chinese: “Mezek”
- Chinese: “梅泽克”
- Chinese: “梅澤克”
- French: “Mezek”
- Georgian: “მეზეკი”
- Hebrew: “מזק”
- Kazakh: “Mezek”
- Kazakh: “Мезек”
- Kazakh: “مەزەك”
- Malay: “Mezek”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Mezek”
- Persian: “میزیک”
- Polish: “Mezek”
- Romanian: “Mezek, Haskovo”
- Romanian: “Mezek”
- Russian: “Мезек”
- Swedish: “Mezek”
- Tatar: “Мезек”
- Turkish: “Mezek (Bulgaristan)”
- Turkish: “Mezek, Bulgaristan”
- Turkish: “Mezek”
- Ukrainian: “Мезек”
- Uzbek: “Mezek”
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