Samokov
Samokov is a town in Central Western Bulgaria, under the slopes of the Rila mountain, 40 km south-east of the capital Sofia. It's the gateway to the mountain & ski resorts of Borovets and Malyovitsa nearby, and a minor tourist destination of its own.
Photo: Spiritia, Public domain.
- Type: Town with 25,100 residents
- Description: city in Samokov municipality, Sofia oblast, Bulgaria
- Also known as: “Gemeinde Samokow”, “Samovkov”, “ГР.САМОКОВ”, “Самоковско”, “סאמוקוב”, and “ساماکوف”
- Postal code: 2000
Places of Interest
Highlights: Museum of History and Stadion Iskar.
Stadion Iskar
Stadium
Iskar Stadium is a multi-use all-seater stadium in Samokov, Bulgaria, named after the Iskar River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dragushinovo and Shipochane.
Samokov
- Categories: municipality seat, city in Bulgaria, and locality
- Location: Sofia Province, Bulgarian Shopluk, Bulgaria, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.3378° or 42° 20′ 16″ north
Longitude
23.5593° or 23° 33′ 33″ east
Population
25,100
Elevation
956 metres (3,136 feet)
UN/LOCODE
BG SAM
Open location code
8GJ58HQ5+4P
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Waray—“Samokov” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Սամոկով”
- Bashkir: “Самоков”
- Bulgarian: “Самоков”
- Catalan: “Samokov”
- Cebuano: “Samokov”
- Central Kurdish: “سامۆکۆڤ”
- Chinese: “萨莫科夫”
- Chinese: “薩莫科夫”
- Church Slavic: “Самоковъ”
- Croatian: “Samokov”
- Czech: “Samokov”
- Danish: “Samokov”
- Dutch: “Samokov”
- Esperanto: “Samokov”
- Estonian: “Samokov”
- Finnish: “Samokov”
- French: “Samokov”
- Galician: “Samokov”
- German: “Samokow”
- Greek: “Σάμοκοβ”
- Hebrew: “סמוקוב”
- Hungarian: “Szamokov”
- Irish: “Samokov”
- Italian: “Samokov”
- Japanese: “サモコフ”
- Kazakh: “Samokov”
- Kazakh: “Самоков”
- Kazakh: “ساموكوۆ”
- Korean: “사모코프”
- Latvian: “Samokovs”
- Lithuanian: “Samokovas”
- Lombard: “Samokov”
- Macedo-Romanian: “Samokov”
- Macedonian: “Самоков”
- Moksha: “Самоков”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Samokov”
- Norwegian: “Samokov”
- Ossetian: “Самоков”
- Persian: “صماقو”
- Polish: “Samokow”
- Portuguese: “Samokov”
- Romanian: “Samokov”
- Russian: “Самоков”
- Scots: “Samokov”
- Serbian: “Samokov”
- Serbian: “Самоков”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Samokov”
- Slovak: “Samokov”
- Slovenian: “Samokov”
- South Azerbaijani: “ساموکو”
- Spanish: “Sámokov”
- Swedish: “Samokov”
- Tatar: “Самоков”
- Turkish: “Samakov”
- Turkish: “Samokov”
- Ukrainian: “Самоков”
- Vietnamese: “Samokov”
- Waray (Philippines): “Samokov”
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