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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  • Town with about 2,940 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 950 metres (3,130 feet)
  • Description: city in Belitsa municipality, Blagoevgrad oblast, Bulgaria
  • Postal code: 2780
  • Also known as
    “Bělica”
    “Belitso”
    “Bjelica”
    “Blitsa”
    “Byelitsa”

Places of Interest

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Railway stop
is a railway stop.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dagonovo and Kraishte.
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Village
is a village in the municipality of , in , .
Izvora, Public domain.
Village
is a village in the municipality of , in , .
4 km southeast of Belitsa
Village
is a village in , in , .
4 km southwest of Belitsa

Belitsa

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Latitude
41.951° or 41° 57′ 4″ north
Longitude
23.5584° or 23° 33′ 30″ east
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.
بيليتساArabic
ԲելիցաArmenian
БелицаBulgarian
ГР.БЕЛИЦАBulgarian
BelitsaCebuano
بێلیتساCentral Kurdish
БелицаChechen
Белица (гӀала)Chechen
貝利察Chinese
贝利察Chinese
BelicaCzech
BelitsaDutch
BelitsaFrench
BelitsaGerman
BelizaGerman
Gemeinde BelizaGerman
בליצהHebrew
BelitsaIrish
ベリツァJapanese
BelïcaKazakh
БелицаKazakh
بەلىيتساKazakh
БелицаMacedonian
بلیتساPersian
BelicaPolish
BelitsaPortuguese
BelițaRomanian
BelitzaRomanian
БелицаRussian
BelicaSerbian
БелицаSerbian
BelicaSlovenian
بلیتساSouth Azerbaijani
BelitsaSpanish
BelitsaSwedish
БелитсаTatar
BeliçaTurkish
BeliçeTurkish
БелицяUkrainian
БєліцаUkrainian
بیلیتساUrdu
BelitsaUzbek
BelitsaVietnamese
BelitsaWaray (Philippines)

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