Balaklava

Balaklava is a settlement on the Crimean Peninsula and part of the city of . It is an administrative center of Balaklavsky District that used to be part of the Crimean Oblast before it was transferred to Sevastopol Municipality. Population: 18,649.
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  • Type: Town with 22,600 residents
  • Description: settlement on the Crimean Peninsula
  • Also known as: “Balaclava”
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Naval museum complex Balaklava and Cembalo Fortress.

Museum
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is an underground submarine base beneath Mount Tavros in Balaklava, . It was a top-secret military facility during the Cold War, located in Balaklava Bay.

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Cliff
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is a cliff.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kadikoi and 1st department Zolota balka.

Neighborhood
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in the 19th century was a village on the peninsula, in , about one mile north of Balaklava. The Battle of Balaclava was fought on the hills and valleys to the north of in 1854.

Village
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is a village.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Balaklava

Latitude
44.5121° or 44° 30′ 44″ north
Longitude
33.599° or 33° 35′ 57″ east
Population
22,600
Elevation
10 metres (33 feet)
Open location code
8GPMGH6X+VJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 266318137
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
712930
Wiki­data ID
Q748363
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Balaklava” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بالاكلافا”
  • Arabic: “بلقلاوة”
  • Armenian: “Բալակլավա”
  • Azerbaijani: “Balaklava”
  • Basque: “Balaklava”
  • Belarusian: “Балаклава”
  • Bulgarian: “Балаклава”
  • Catalan: “Balaklava”
  • Catalan: “Cèmbalo”
  • Cebuano: “Balaklava”
  • Chinese: “巴拉克拉瓦”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Balıqlava” (historical)
  • Crimean Tatar: “Balyglava” (historical)
  • Czech: “Balaklava”
  • Dutch: “Balaklava”
  • Esperanto: “Balaklavo”
  • Finnish: “Balaklava”
  • French: “Balaclava”
  • French: “Balaklava”
  • French: “Cembalo”
  • German: “Balaclava”
  • German: “Balaklava”
  • German: “Balaklawa”
  • Greek: “Μπαλακλάβα”
  • Hebrew: “בלאקלאבה”
  • Hebrew: “בלקלאווה”
  • Hungarian: “Balaklava (település)”
  • Hungarian: “Balaklava”
  • Indonesian: “Balaklava”
  • Italian: “Balaklava”
  • Italian: “Cembalo”
  • Japanese: “バラクラーヴァ”
  • Japanese: “バラクラーバ”
  • Japanese: “バラクラヴァ”
  • Japanese: “バラクラバ”
  • Korean: “발라클라바”
  • Latin: “Balaclava”
  • Latvian: “Balaklava”
  • Ligurian: “Cénbalo”
  • Lithuanian: “Balaklava”
  • Macedonian: “Балаклава”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Balaklava”
  • Norwegian: “Balaklava”
  • Persian: “بالاکلاوا (کریمه)”
  • Persian: “بالاکلاوا”
  • Polish: “Bałakława”
  • Portuguese: “Balaclava”
  • Portuguese: “Balaklava”
  • Romanian: “Balaclava”
  • Romanian: “Balaklava”
  • Russian: “Балаклава”
  • Russian: “Чембало”
  • Serbian: “Балаклава”
  • Slovenian: “Balaklava, Krim”
  • Slovenian: “Balaklava”
  • Spanish: “Balaklava”
  • Swedish: “Balaclava”
  • Swedish: “Balaklava”
  • Swiss German: “Balaklawa”
  • Talysh: “Balaklava”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Balaklawa”
  • Turkish: “Balıklava”
  • Ukrainian: “Балаклава”
  • Urdu: “بالاکلاوا”

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