Golema Rakovitsa
Golema Rakovitsa is a village in western Bulgaria, part of Elin Pelin Municipality, Sofia Province. Golema Rakovitsa has about 411 residents.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 411 residents
- Description: village in Elin Pelin municipality, Sofia oblast, Bulgaria
- Also known as: “Golema-Rakowiza”, “Goljema Rakovica”, “Golyama Rakovitsa”, “Golyema-Rakovitsa”, and “Rakovica”
- Postal code: 2113
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ognyanovo Reservoir.
Ognyanovo Reservoir
Photo: Edal, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ognyanovo reservoir, also called Lake Ognyanovo, or Ognyanova, is a reservoir in Bulgaria near Sofia. Holding 32 million cubic metres of water, it is an important reservoir in Bulgaria. Ognyanovo Reservoir is situated 3 km west of Golema Rakovitsa.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bailovo and Karapoltsi.
Bailovo
Village
Photo: Edal, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bailovo is a village in Western Bulgaria, 43 km east of Sofia, Bulgaria. It is the home village of the Bulgarian writer Elin Pelin, and ascetic Dobri Dobrev. Bailovo is situated 4½ km northeast of Golema Rakovitsa.
Karapoltsi
Village
Photo: MrPanyGoff, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Karapoltsi is a village, which is situated 8 km west of Golema Rakovitsa.
Makotsevo
Village
Photo: Spiritia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Makotsevo is a village, which is situated 8 km north of Golema Rakovitsa.
Golema Rakovitsa
- Categories: village of Bulgaria, kmetstvo of Bulgaria, and locality
- Location: Golema Rakovica, Elin Pelin, Sofia Province, Bulgaria, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
42.62002° or 42° 37′ 12″ northLongitude
23.7974° or 23° 47′ 51″ eastPopulation
411Elevation
736 metres (2,415 feet)Open location code
8GJ5JQCW+2XOpenStreetMap ID
node 273877706OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
731364Wikidata ID
Q2653658
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Ukrainian—“Golema Rakovitsa” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Голема Раковица”
- Bulgarian: “С.ГОЛЕМА РАКОВИЦА”
- Cebuano: “Golema Rakovica”
- Cebuano: “Golema Rakovitsa”
- Chechen: “Голема-Раковица”
- Chinese: “Golema Rakovitsa”
- Dutch: “Golema Rakovitsa”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جوليما راكوڤيتسا”
- Georgian: “გოლემა-რაკოვიცა”
- Kazakh: “Golema-Rakovïca”
- Kazakh: “Голема-Раковица”
- Kazakh: “گولەما-راكوۆىيتسا”
- Malay: “Golema Rakovitsa”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Golema Rakovitsa”
- Persian: “گلما راکوویتسا”
- Polish: “Golema Rakowica”
- Romanian: “Golema Rakovița, Sofia”
- Romanian: “Golema Rakovița”
- Russian: “Голема-Раковица”
- Swedish: “Golema Rakovitsa”
- Tatar: “Голема-Раковица”
- Turkish: “Golema Rakoviçe”
- Turkish: “Golema Rakovitsa (Bulgaristan)”
- Turkish: “Golema Rakovitsa, Bulgaristan”
- Ukrainian: “Голема Раковиця”
- Ukrainian: “Голема-Раковіца”
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