Belitsa

Belitsa is a small town in , and the gateway to the nearby small mountain resort Semkovo on the slopes of the Rila mountains. A bear sanctuary was established there in 2000 for "dancing bears" from Bulgaria and other Balkan countries after the practice was outlawed.
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  • Type: Town with 2,940 residents
  • Description: city in Belitsa municipality, Blagoevgrad oblast, Bulgaria
  • Also known as: “Bělica”, “Beliţa”, “Belitso”, “Belitza”, “Bjelica”, “Blitsa”, “Byelitsa”, “Gemeinde Beliza”, “Бєліца”, and “ГР.БЕЛИЦА”
  • Postal code: 2780

Places of Interest

Highlights: Dagonovo.

Railway stop
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is a railway stop.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dagonovo and Kraishte.

Village
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is a village in the municipality of , in , .

Village
Photo: Izvora, Public domain.
is a village in the municipality of , in , . is situated 4 km southeast of Belitsa.

Village
is a village in , in , . is situated 4 km southwest of Belitsa.

Belitsa

Latitude
41.951° or 41° 57′ 4″ north
Longitude
23.5584° or 23° 33′ 30″ east
Population
2,940
Elevation
916 metres (3,005 feet)
UN/LOCODE
BG BEL
Open location code
8GH5XH25+C9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 273488691
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
733322
Wiki­data ID
Q406631
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Belitsa” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بيليتسا”
  • Armenian: “Բելիցա”
  • Bulgarian: “Белица”
  • Cebuano: “Belitsa”
  • Central Kurdish: “بێلیتسا”
  • Chechen: “Белица (гӀала)”
  • Chechen: “Белица”
  • Chinese: “貝利察”
  • Chinese: “贝利察”
  • Czech: “Belica”
  • Dutch: “Belitsa”
  • French: “Belitsa”
  • German: “Belitsa”
  • German: “Beliza”
  • Hebrew: “בליצה”
  • Irish: “Belitsa”
  • Japanese: “ベリツァ”
  • Kazakh: “Belïca”
  • Kazakh: “Белица”
  • Kazakh: “بەلىيتسا”
  • Macedonian: “Белица”
  • Persian: “بلیتسا”
  • Polish: “Belica”
  • Portuguese: “Belitsa”
  • Romanian: “Belița”
  • Russian: “Белица”
  • Serbian: “Belica”
  • Serbian: “Белица”
  • Slovenian: “Belica”
  • South Azerbaijani: “بلیتسا”
  • Spanish: “Belitsa”
  • Swedish: “Belitsa”
  • Tatar: “Белитса”
  • Turkish: “Beliça”
  • Turkish: “Beliçe”
  • Ukrainian: “Белиця”
  • Urdu: “بیلیتسا”
  • Uzbek: “Belitsa”
  • Vietnamese: “Belitsa”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Belitsa”

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Places to explore: Gorno Draglishte and Yurukovo.

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