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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Photo: Kaladan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Town with 25,100 residents
- Description: city in Samokov municipality, Sofia oblast, Bulgaria
- Also known as: “Samovkov”
- Postal code: 2000
Places of Interest
Highlights include Iskar and Museum of History.
Iskar
River
Photo: Grisha Levashki, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Iskar is a right tributary of the Danube. With a length of 368 km, it is the longest river that runs entirely within Bulgaria. Originating as three forks in Balkan's highest mountain range Rila, the Iskar flows in a northern direction until its confluence with the Danube.
Stadion Iskar
Stadium
Iskar Stadium is a multi-use all-seater stadium in Samokov, Bulgaria, named after the Iskar River. It is currently used for football matches and is the home ground of PFC Rilski Sportist.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dragushinovo and Shipochane.
Shipochane
Village
Photo: Edal, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Shipochane is a village, which is situated 4½ km east of Samokov.
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″ northLongitude
23.5593° or 23° 33′ 33″ eastPopulation
25,100Elevation
956 metres (3,136 feet)United Nations Location Code
BG SAMOpen location code
8GJ58HQ5+4POpenStreetMap ID
node 273488819OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Waray—“Samokov” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Սամոկով”
- Bashkir: “Самоков”
- Bulgarian: “ГР.САМОКОВ”
- Bulgarian: “Самоков”
- Bulgarian: “Самоковско”
- 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: “Gemeinde Samokow”
- German: “Samokov”
- German: “Samokow”
- Greek: “Σάμοκοβ”
- Hebrew: “סאמוקוב”
- Hebrew: “סמוקוב”
- Hungarian: “Szamokov”
- Irish: “Samokov”
- Italian: “Samokov”
- Japanese: “サモコフ”
- Kazakh: “Samokov”
- Kazakh: “Самоков”
- Kazakh: “ساموكوۆ”
- Korean: “사모코프”
- Latvian: “Samokovs”
- Lithuanian: “Samokov”
- Lithuanian: “Samokovas”
- Macedo-Romanian: “Samokov”
- Macedonian: “Самоков”
- Moksha: “Самоков”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Samokov”
- Norwegian: “Samokov”
- Ossetian: “Самоков”
- Persian: “ساماکوف”
- 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: “Samokov”
- Spanish: “Sámokov”
- Swedish: “Samokov”
- Tatar: “Самоков”
- Turkish: “Samakov”
- Turkish: “Samokov”
- Ukrainian: “Самоков”
- Vietnamese: “Samokov”
- Waray (Philippines): “Samokov”
- “Samokov”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Samokov”. Photo: Kaladan, CC BY-SA 4.0.