Balsha
Balsha Bulgarian: Балша is a village in Sofia City Province of western Bulgaria. It has a population of 719 people and lies at 617 metres of altitude - located in Sofia Valley on the southern foothills of the western Balkan Mountains.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Paffka, Public domain.
- Type: Village with 668 residents
- Description: village in Stolichna municipality, Sofia Capital oblast, Bulgaria
- Also known as: “Balsha, Bulgaria”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Saint Theodore Stratelates Monastery, Balsha.
Saint Theodore Stratelates Monastery, Balsha
Church
Photo: Edal, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saint Theodore Stratelates Monastery, Balsha is a church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kostinbrod and Dobroslavtsi.
Kostinbrod
Town
Photo: Edal, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kostinbrod is a town in western Bulgaria. It is the seat of Kostinbrod Municipality. It is located 15 km west of the capital city of Sofia. It is located on two important transport corridors: Lom — Sofia — Thessaloniki and Sofia — Belgrade. Kostinbrod is situated 6 km southwest of Balsha.
Dobroslavtsi
Village
Photo: Edal, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dobroslavtsi is a village in western Bulgaria, located in the Sofia City Province. The village lies in the Sofia Valley. It is located 15 km from the city of Sofia. The former Dobroslavtsi Air Base is situated near the village.
Balsha
- Categories: village of Bulgaria, kmetstvo of Bulgaria, and locality
- Location: Municipality of the Capital, Sofia-grad, Bulgaria, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
42.8484° or 42° 50′ 54″ northLongitude
23.2692° or 23° 16′ 9″ eastPopulation
668Elevation
673 metres (2,208 feet)Open location code
8GJ5R7X9+8MOpenStreetMap ID
node 273818036OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
6461702Wikidata ID
Q2453895
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Ukrainian—“Balsha” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Балша”
- Bulgarian: “С.БАЛША”
- Cebuano: “Balsha”
- Chechen: “Балша (Болгари)”
- Chechen: “Балша”
- Chinese: “Balsha”
- Dutch: “Balsza”
- Dutch: “Bałsza”
- Kazakh: “Balşa”
- Kazakh: “Балша”
- Kazakh: “بالشا”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Balsha”
- Polish: “Bałsza”
- Romanian: “Balșa, Sofia-capitala”
- Romanian: “Balșa”
- Russian: “Балша”
- Swedish: “Balsja”
- Tatar: “Балша (Болгария)”
- Tatar: “Балша”
- Turkish: “Balşa , Bulgaristan”
- Turkish: “Balşa (Bulgaristan)”
- Turkish: “Balşa, Bulgaristan”
- Turkish: “Balşa, Sofya”
- Turkish: “Balşa”
- Ukrainian: “Балша”
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Notable Places Nearby
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Balsha”. Photo: Paffka, Public domain.