Bankya
Bankya is a small town located on the outskirts of Sofia in western Bulgaria. It is administratively part of Greater Sofia. The district is famous for the mineral springs and baths that have been used for medicinal purposes for hundreds of years.- Type: Town with 11,700 residents
- Description: city in Stolichna municipality, Sofia Capital oblast, Bulgaria
- Also known as: “Banki”, “Ба́нкꙗ”, “Банкя (място)”, “Ба́нькꙗ”, and “ГР.БАНКЯ”
- Postal code: 1320
Places of Interest
Highlights: St. Mtr. Cyricus and Julitta.
St. Mtr. Cyricus and Julitta
Religious goods store
St. Mtr. Cyricus and Julitta is a religious goods store.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ivanyane and Malo Buchino.
Ivanyane
Village
Ivanyane is a village in Bankya district of the… Ivanyane is situated 3 km east of Bankya.
Malo Buchino
Village
Malo Buchino is a village in Ovcha kupel district… Malo Buchino is situated 3 km southeast of Bankya.
Bankya
- Categories: spa town, city in Bulgaria, and locality
- Location: Municipality of the Capital, Sofia-Capital, Bulgaria, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
42.71013° or 42° 42′ 36″ north
Longitude
23.1465° or 23° 8′ 47″ east
Population
11,700
Elevation
681 metres (2,234 feet)
UN/LOCODE
BG BAK
Open location code
8GJ5P46W+3H
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Vietnamese—“Bankya” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Банкя”
- Bulgarian: “Банкя”
- Catalan: “Bankia (Bulgària)”
- Catalan: “Bankia”
- Cebuano: “Bankya”
- Chechen: “Банкя”
- Chinese: “班基雅”
- Church Slavic: “Банька”
- Czech: “Bankja”
- Danish: “Bankja”
- Dutch: “Bankja”
- Dutch: “Bankya”
- French: “Bankya”
- German: “Bankja”
- Greek: “Μπάνκια”
- Hebrew: “באנקיה, הרפובליקה העממית הבולגרית”
- Hungarian: “Bankja”
- Irish: “Bankya”
- Japanese: “バンキャ”
- Kazakh: “Банкя”
- Latin: “Bankya”
- Macedonian: “Банќа”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bankja”
- Ossetian: “Банкя”
- Persian: “بانکیا، بلغارستان”
- Persian: “بانکیا”
- Polish: “Bankja”
- Romanian: “Bankea”
- Russian: “Банкя”
- Serbian: “Банкја”
- Slovenian: “Bankja”
- South Azerbaijani: “بانکیا”
- Spanish: “Bankia”
- Spanish: “Bankya”
- Swedish: “Bankja”
- Tatar: “Банкә”
- Turkish: “Bankya”
- Ukrainian: “Банкя”
- Urdu: “بانکیا”
- Vietnamese: “Bankya”
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