Balkans
The Balkan Peninsula in southeastern Europe is located between the Adriatic Sea and the Black Sea. The region has a mixed scenery with many tall mountain ranges, as well as deep forests, plains and rivers.
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Balkans
- Peninsula with 70,000,000 residents
- Description: geopolitical and cultural region of Southeast Europe
- Also known as“Balcans”“Balkan countries”“Balkan Peninisula”“Balkan peninsula”“Balkan penninsula”“Balkan Pennisula”“Balkan States”“Balkanoid”“Balkans peninsula”“Balkins”“Haemus Peninsula”“Peninsula of Haemus”“South Balkan area”“The Balkans”
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- Location: Europe
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Latitude of center
44.21° or 44° 12′ 36″ north
Longitude of center
22.15° or 22° 9′ east
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In Other Languages
From Abkhazian to Zhuang—“Balkans” goes by many names.
- Abkhazian: “Балкантәи адгьылбжьаха”
- Abkhazian: “Балкантәи адгьылбжьахабжа”
- Achinese: “Balkan”
- Afrikaans: “Balkan-skiereiland”
- Afrikaans: “Balkan”
- Afrikaans: “Balkanskiereiland”
- Albanian: “Ballkan”
- Albanian: “Ballkani”
- Albanian: “Gadishulli Ballkanik”
- Amharic: “ባልካኖች”
- Arabic: “البلقان”
- Arabic: “بلقان”
- Arabic: “بلقاني”
- Arabic: “جنوب شرق أوروبا”
- Arabic: “جنوب شرقي أوروبا”
- Arabic: “دول البلقان”
- Arabic: “شبه جزيرة البلقان”
- Aragonese: “Balcans”
- Aragonese: “Peninsula Balcanica”
- Aragonese: “Peninsula d’os Balcans”
- Armenian: “Բալկանյան թերակղզի”
- Armenian: “Բալկաններ”
- Arpitan: “Balcans”
- Assamese: “বলকান অঞ্চল”
- Asturian: “Balcanes”
- Asturian: “Península balcánica”
- Asturian: “Península de los Balcanes”
- Azerbaijani: “Balkan yarımadası”
- Azerbaijani: “Balkanlar”
- Bashkir: “Балҡан ярымутрауы”
- Basque: “Balkanak”
- Basque: “Balkanetako penintsula”
- Belarusian: “Балканская паўвыспа”
- Belarusian: “Балканскі паўвостраў”
- Belarusian: “Балканы”
- Bengali: “বলকান অঞ্চল”
- Bengali: “বলকান”
- Bosnian: “Balkan”
- Bosnian: “Balkanski poluotok”
- Bosnian: “Balkansko poluostrvo”
- Breton: “Balkanioù”
- Breton: “Balkanoù”
- Bulgarian: “Балкани”
- Bulgarian: “Балканите”
- Bulgarian: “Балкански държави”
- Bulgarian: “Балкански полуостров”
- Bulgarian: “Балканския полуостров”
- Bulgarian: “Балканският полуостров”
- Bulgarian: “Югоизточна Европа”
- Catalan: “Balcànic”
- Catalan: “Balcans”
- Catalan: “Europa sud-oriental”
- Catalan: “Països Balcànics”
- Catalan: “Península balcànica”
- Catalan: “Península dels Balcans”
- Catalan: “Sud-est d’Europa”
- Cebuano: “Balkan Peninisula”
- Cebuano: “Balkan Peninsula”
- Central Kurdish: “بالکان”
- Central Kurdish: “بەلقان”
- Chechen: “Балканийн ахгӀайре”
- Chinese: “巴尔干”
- Chinese: “巴尔干半岛”
- Chinese: “巴爾幹”
- Chinese: “巴爾幹半島”
- Chinese: “巴爾幹地區”
- Church Slavic: “Балкани”
- Chuvash: “Балкан çурутравĕ”
- Corsican: “Balcani”
- Corsican: “Penisula Balcanica”
- Crimean Tatar: “Balqan yarımadası”
- Crimean Tatar: “Balqan”
- Crimean Tatar: “Balqanlar”
- Croatian: “Balkanski poluotok”
- Czech: “Balkán”
- Czech: “Balkánský poloostrov”
- Danish: “Balkan-halvøen”
- Danish: “Balkanhalvøen”
- Dimli (individual language): “Balkanan”
- Dutch: “Balkan”
- Dutch: “Balkanschiereiland”
- Egyptian Arabic: “البلقان”
- Esperanto: “Balkana duoninsulo”
- Esperanto: “Balkanio”
- Esperanto: “Balkano”
- Esperanto: “Balkanoj”
- Estonian: “Balkani poolsaar”
- Faroese: “Balkanhálvoyggin”
- Finnish: “Balkan”
- Finnish: “Balkanin niemimaa”
- Finnish: “Balkanlaiset”
- French: “Balkanique”
- French: “Balkans”
- French: “Les balkans”
- French: “Péninsule balkanique”
- French: “Péninsule des Balkans”
- Friulian: “Balcans”
- Gagauz: “Balkan”
- Galician: “Balcánico”
- Galician: “Balcáns”
- Galician: “Península Balcánica”
- Galician: “Península dos Balcáns”
- Georgian: “ბალკანეთი”
- Georgian: “ბალკანეთის ნახევარკუნძული”
- German: “Balkan-Halbinsel”
- German: “Balkanhalbinsel”
- German: “Balkanstaaten”
- Gothic: “𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌺𐌰𐌽”
- Greek: “Αίμος”
- Greek: “Βαλκάνια”
- Greek: “Βαλκανική χερσόνησος”
- Greek: “Βαλκανική”
- Greek: “Χερσόνησος του Αίμου”
- Hakka Chinese: “Balkan pan-tó”
- Hakka Chinese: “Pâ-ngì-kòn pan-tó”
- Hebrew: “ארצות הבלקן”
- Hebrew: “באלקאן”
- Hebrew: “בלקן”
- Hebrew: “בלקנים”
- Hebrew: “הבלקן”
- Hebrew: “הבלקנים”
- Hebrew: “חבל הבלקן”
- Hebrew: “חצי האי בלקן”
- Hebrew: “חצי האי הבלקני”
- Hebrew: “מדינות הבלקן”
- Hindi: “बाल्कन प्रायद्वीप”
- Hindi: “बाल्कन”
- Hungarian: “Balkán-félsziget”
- Hungarian: “Balkán”
- Icelandic: “Balkanskagi”
- Icelandic: “Balkanskaginn”
- Ido: “Balkan”
- Ido: “Peninsulo Balkani”
- Indonesian: “Balkan”
- Indonesian: “Eropa Tenggara”
- Indonesian: “Semenanjung Balkan”
- Interlingua: “Balkanes”
- Irish: “Balcáin”
- Irish: “na Balcáin”
- Irish: “Na Balcáin”
- Italian: “Area balcanica”
- Italian: “Balcani”
- Italian: “Europa balcanica”
- Italian: “Europa sud-orientale”
- Italian: “Europa sudorientale”
- Italian: “penisola balcanica”
- Italian: “Penisola balcanica”
- Italian: “Stati balcanici”
- Jamaican Creole English: “Balkans”
- Japanese: “ヴァルカン半島”
- Japanese: “バルカン半島”
- Japanese: “バルカン地域”
- Japanese: “バルカン地方”
- Japanese: “バルカン諸国”
- Japanese: “ヨーロッパの火薬庫”
- Japanese: “南東ヨーロッパ”
- Japanese: “南東欧”
- Javanese: “Balkan”
- Jèrriais: “Balkans”
- Kabyle: “Tazunegzirt n Balqan”
- Kashubian: “Bałkanë”
- Kazakh: “Балқан түбегі”
- Kirghiz: “Балкан жарым аралы”
- Korean: “발칸 반도”
- Korean: “발칸”
- Korean: “발칸반도”
- Kurdish: “Balkan”
- Kurdish: “Nîvgirava Balkan”
- Kurdish: “Nîvgizirta Balkanê”
- Ladino: “Balkanos”
- Lao: “ບານຄານ”
- Latin: “Balcania”
- Latin: “Paeninsula Balcanica”
- Latin: “regio Balcana”
- Latvian: “Balkānu pussala”
- Limburgan: “Balkan”
- Lingua Franca Nova: “Balcanes”
- Literary Chinese: “巴爾幹半島”
- Lithuanian: “Balkanai”
- Lithuanian: “Balkanų pusiasalis”
- Lombard: “Balcan”
- Low German: “Balkan”
- Lower Sorbian: “Balkańska połkupa”
- Luxembourgish: “Balkan”
- Macedonian: “Балкански Полуостров”
- Macedonian: “Балкански”
- Macedonian: “Балканско полуострво”
- Malagasy: “Balkana”
- Malay: “Balkan”
- Malay: “Semenanjung Balkan”
- Malayalam: “ബാൾക്കൻ”
- Manx: “Ny çheeraghyn Balkanagh”
- Manx: “Ny Çheeraghyn Balkanagh”
- Marathi: “बाल्कन”
- Mazanderani: “بالکان”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Balkan poàn-tó”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Balkan Poàn-tó”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Balkan Poàⁿ-tó”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Balkan Pòan-tó”
- Mingrelian: “ბალკანეთიშ ჩქონი”
- Mongolian: “Балканы хойг”
- N'Ko: “ߓߊߟߑߞߊ߲”
- Neapolitan: “Balcane”
- Nepali: “बाल्कन प्रायद्वीप”
- Nepali: “बाल्कन”
- Newari: “बाल्कन”
- Northern Frisian: “Balkan”
- Northern Sami: “Balkannjárga”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Balkan-halvøya”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Balkan”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Balkanhalvøya”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Baltar”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Balter”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sørøst-Europa”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Balkan”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Balkanhalvøya”
- Norwegian: “Balkan”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Balcans”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Illyricum”
- Ossetian: “Балкайнаг æрдæгсакъадах”
- Ossetian: “Балканы æрдæгсакъадах”
- Panjabi: “ਬਾਲਕਨ”
- Persian: “بالکان”
- Persian: “شبه جزیره بالکان”
- Persian: “شبهجزیره بالکان”
- Polish: “Bałkany”
- Polish: “Półwysep Bałkański”
- Pontic: “Βαλκανικόν Χερσόνησος”
- Portuguese: “Balcãs”
- Portuguese: “Bálcãs”
- Portuguese: “Peninsula balcânica”
- Portuguese: “Península Balcânica”
- Portuguese: “Península dos Balcãs”
- Portuguese: “Península dos Bálcãs”
- Portuguese: “Sudeste da Europa”
- Pushto: “بالکان”
- Quechua: “Palkanu ñaqa wat’a”
- Quechua: “Walkan yaqa wat’a”
- Romanian: “Balcani”
- Romanian: “Balcanii”
- Romanian: “Europa de Sud Est”
- Romanian: “Europa de Sud-Est”
- Romanian: “Peninsula Balcanică”
- Romanian: “Peninsulei Balcanice”
- Romanian: “Sud Estul Europei”
- Romanian: “Sud-Estul Europei”
- Romansh: “Peninsla dal Balcan”
- Russian: “Балканский полуостров”
- Russian: “Балканский регион”
- Russian: “Балканы”
- Russian: “Юго-Восточная Европа”
- Rusyn: “Балканскый полуостров”
- Samogitian: “Balkanā”
- Santali: “ᱵᱳᱞᱠᱟᱱ”
- Sardinian: “Balcanos”
- Sardinian: “Balcànus”
- Scots: “Balkans”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Balkans”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Na Balcain”
- Serbian: “Балкан”
- Serbian: “Балканско полуострво”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Balkan”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Balkanski poluotok”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Balkansko poluostrvo”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Балкан”
- Sicilian: “Balcani”
- Sicilian: “Pinìsula balcànica”
- Silesian: “Bałkany”
- Silesian: “Boukany”
- Sindhi: “بلقان”
- Slovak: “Balkán”
- Slovak: “Balkánsky polostrov”
- Slovenian: “Balkan”
- Slovenian: “Balkanski polotok”
- Slovenian: “Jugovzhodna Evropa”
- Somali: “Jasiiradda Balkaan”
- South Azerbaijani: “بالکان”
- Spanish: “Balcanes”
- Spanish: “Balcanica”
- Spanish: “Balcánica”
- Spanish: “Balcanico”
- Spanish: “Balcánico”
- Spanish: “Balcanicos”
- Spanish: “Balcánicos”
- Spanish: “Los Balcanes”
- Spanish: “Peninsula balcanica”
- Spanish: “Peninsula Balcánica”
- Spanish: “Península Balcanica”
- Spanish: “península balcánica”
- Spanish: “Península balcánica”
- Spanish: “Peninsula de los Balcanes”
- Spanish: “Península de los Balcanes”
- Spanish: “Peninsula Helenica”
- Spanish: “Península Helénica”
- Swahili: “Balkani”
- Swahili: “Balkans”
- Swahili: “Rasi ya Balkani”
- Swedish: “Balkan”
- Swedish: “Balkanhalvön”
- Swedish: “Balkanism”
- Swedish: “Balkanländerna”
- Swedish: “Illyriska halvön”
- Swiss German: “Balkan”
- Swiss German: “Balkanhalbinsel”
- Tagalog: “Balkan”
- Tagalog: “Balkanikong Tangway”
- Tagalog: “Balkans”
- Tajik: “Нимҷазираи Балкан”
- Tamil: “பால்கன் குடா”
- Tamil: “பால்கன் தீபகற்பம்”
- Tamil: “பால்கன் பகுதிகள்”
- Tamil: “பால்க்கன்”
- Tatar: “Балкан ярымутравы”
- Tatar: “Балкан”
- Tatar: “Балканнар”
- Telugu: “బాల్కన్లు”
- Thai: “Balkan states”
- Thai: “Balkans”
- Thai: “คาบสมุทรบอลข่าน”
- Thai: “บอลข่าน”
- Thai: “รัฐในคาบสมุทรบอลข่าน”
- Turkish: “Balkan ülkeleri”
- Turkish: “Balkan yarımadası”
- Turkish: “Balkanlar”
- Turkish: “Güneydoğu Avrupa”
- Turkmen: “Balkan ýarymadasy”
- Tyap: “A̱fafap-a̱byin Ba̱li̱kan”
- Tyap: “A̱yaaba̱li̱kan ba”
- Tyap: “A̱yaaba̱li̱kan”
- Tyap: “Ba̱li̱kan”
- Tyap: “Bibyin Ba̱li̱kan”
- Tyap: “Sí̱tet Ba̱li̱kan”
- Uighur: “بالقانلار”
- Ukrainian: “Балкани”
- Ukrainian: “Балканський півострів”
- Upper Sorbian: “Balkanska połkupa”
- Urdu: “بلقان”
- Urdu: “جزیرہ نما بلقان”
- Urdu: “جنوب مشرقی یورپ”
- Uzbek: “Bolqon yarim oroli”
- Venetian: “Balcani”
- Venetian: “Penisola balcanica”
- Venetian: “Penixoła balcanega”
- Venetian: “Penixoła balcanica”
- Venetian: “Penìzoła balcànega”
- Vietnamese: “Ba Nhĩ Cán”
- Vietnamese: “Balkan”
- Vietnamese: “Bán đảo Balkan”
- Vlaams: “Balkan”
- Waray (Philippines): “Balkan”
- Welsh: “Balcanau”
- Welsh: “Penrhyn y Balcanau”
- Welsh: “Y Balcanau”
- Western Armenian: “Պալքանեան Թերակղզի”
- Western Frisian: “Balkan”
- Western Panjabi: “بلقان”
- Wu Chinese: “巴尔干半岛”
- Xhosa: “I-Peninsula yaseBalkan”
- Yakut: “Балкаан”
- Yakut: “Балканнар”
- Yiddish: “באלקאן לענדער”
- Yiddish: “באלקאנער האלבאינזל”
- Yue Chinese: “坡勤半島”
- Yue Chinese: “巴爾幹半島”
- Zhuang: “Bahwjgan buendauj”
- “ma Pakan”
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