Kapıkule
Kapıkule is the name of the Turkish border crossing point in Edirne Province on the border of Turkey and Bulgaria. Its counterpart on the Bulgarian side is Kapitan Andreevo.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Border post
- Description: Border
- Also known as: “Kapikule Sinir Kapisi”
Photo: Tevfik Teker, CC BY 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kapıkule railway station and Dilofos.
Kapıkule railway station
Railway station
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Kapıkule station, is the westernmost railway station in Turkey. It is located towards the north of Kapıkule, the frontier town on the Turkey/Bulgaria border. Kapıkule railway station is situated 780 metres east of Kapıkule.
Dilofos
Railway stop
Dilofos railway station is a small unstaffed railway station that serves the village of Dikaia, Evros, in Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece. Located just north of the settlement, Today Hellenic Train operates just two daily regional trains to Alexandroupoli and Ormenio. Dilofos is situated 3½ km southeast of Kapıkule.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kapitan Andreevo and Kemalköy.
Kapitan Andreevo
Village
Kapitan Andreevo, known until 1934 as Viran Tekke is a village near the Bulgaria—Turkey—Greece tripoint in Svilengrad municipality, Haskovo Province, southern Bulgaria. Kapitan Andreevo is situated 2½ km west of Kapıkule.
Kemalköy
Village
Kemalköy is a village in the Edirne District of Edirne Province in Turkey. The village had a population of 824 in 2022. Kemalköy is situated 4 km northeast of Kapıkule.
Budakdoğanca
Village
Photo: Sermis, Public domain.
Budakdoğanca is a village in the Edirne District of Edirne Province in Turkey. The village had a population of 95 in 2022. Budakdoğanca is situated 5 km north of Kapıkule.
Kapıkule
- Categories: border checkpoint, geographical feature, border city, and railway border crossing
- Location: Edirne Province, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Ukrainian—“Kapıkule” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “ГКПП Капитан Андреево - Капъкуле”
- Bulgarian: “ГКПП Капитан Андреево-Капъкуле”
- Bulgarian: “Капъкуле”
- Chinese: “卡普库勒”
- Chinese: “卡普庫勒”
- Chinese: “卡皮库勒口岸”
- French: “poste frontière de Kapıkule”
- French: “Poste frontière de Kapıkule”
- German: “Grenzübergang Kapitan Andreewo-Kapikule”
- German: “Grenzübergang Kapitan Andreewo-Kapıkule”
- German: “Grenzübergang Kapitan Andreewo”
- German: “Kapikule”
- German: “Kapıkule”
- Hungarian: “Kapikule”
- Japanese: “カピクレ”
- Japanese: “カプクレ”
- Persian: “کاپیکوله”
- Turkish: “Kapıkule Sınır Kapısı”
- Turkish: “Kapıkule”
- Ukrainian: “Капикуле”
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