Sozopol

Sozopol is an ancient seaside town located 35 km south of on the southern . One of the major seaside resorts in the country, it is known for the Apollonia art and film festival that is named after one of the town's ancient names.
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  • Type: Town with 5,200 residents
  • Description: city in Sozopol municipality, Burgas oblast, Bulgaria
  • Also known as: Apollonia”, “Apollonia Pontica”, and “Sizopol
  • Postal codes: 8130 and 8130
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include St. Ivan Island and Arena Sozopol.

Islet
is the largest island in the , with an area of 0.66 square kilometres. It lies off the near Sozopol, a town with rich history and a popular tourist place, and is separated by a strait several hundred metres long from the small neighbouring St.

Stadium
is a football stadium in Sozopol, Bulgaria, with a seating capacity of 3,500. It has been the home of FC Sozopol since 2012, and hosted 8 games during the 2015 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, with an average attendance of 1,395 per game.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ravadinovo.

Village
is a village in , in , in southeastern . As of 2013 it has 691 inhabitants. The village is situated at a distance of 2.5 km from the , at the north-eastern foothills of Ridge, which is itself the north-eastern extreme of the Bosna Ridge in the . is situated 4½ km southwest of Sozopol.

Sozopol

Latitude
42.4182° or 42° 25′ 5″ north
Longitude
27.6943° or 27° 41′ 40″ east
Population
5,200
Elevation
20 metres (66 feet)
United Nations Location Code
BG SOZ
Open location code
8GJ9CM9V+7P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 273488867
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
726963
Wiki­data ID
Q271925
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Waray—“Sozopol” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Sozopol
  • Arabic: سوزوبول
  • Armenian: Սոզոպոլ
  • Belarusian: Сазопал
  • Bulgarian: Аполония
  • Bulgarian: ГР.СОЗОПОЛ
  • Bulgarian: Сизеболу
  • Bulgarian: Созопол
  • Catalan: Sozòpol
  • Cebuano: Sozopol
  • Central Kurdish: سۆزۆپۆل
  • Chinese: 索佐波尔
  • Chinese: 索佐波爾
  • Czech: Sozopol
  • Dutch: Sozopol
  • Esperanto: Sozopol
  • Estonian: Apollonia Pontica
  • Estonian: Sozopol
  • Finnish: Sozopol
  • French: Sizeboli
  • French: Sizebolou
  • French: Sizebolu
  • French: Sozopol
  • German: Sosopol
  • German: Sozopol
  • Greek: Απολλωνία η Ποντική
  • Greek: Απολλωνία Ποντική
  • Greek: Σωζόπολη
  • Greek: Σωζόπολις
  • Hebrew: סוזופול
  • Hungarian: Apollonia Pontica
  • Hungarian: Szozopol
  • Indonesian: Sozopol
  • Irish: Sozopol
  • Italian: Sozopol
  • Japanese: ソゾポル
  • Kazakh: Sozopol
  • Kazakh: Созопол
  • Kazakh: سوزوپول
  • Korean: 소조폴
  • Latin: Sozopolis (Bulgaria)
  • Latin: Sozopolis
  • Lithuanian: Sozopolas
  • Lithuanian: Sozopolis
  • Lombard: Sozopol
  • Macedonian: Созопол
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Sozopol
  • Norwegian: Sozopol
  • Ossetian: Созопол
  • Ossetian: Созополь
  • Persian: سوزوپول
  • Polish: Sozopol
  • Polish: Sozopoł
  • Portuguese: Sozopol
  • Portuguese: Sozópolis
  • Romanian: Sozopol
  • Russian: Сизополь
  • Russian: Созопол
  • Russian: Созополь
  • Serbian: Sozopol
  • Serbian: Созопол
  • Serbian: Созопољ
  • Serbian: Сузопољ
  • Serbo-Croatian: Sozopol
  • Silesian: Sozopol
  • Slovak: Sozopol
  • Slovenian: Sozopol
  • South Azerbaijani: سوزوپول
  • Spanish: Sozopol
  • Swedish: Sozopol
  • Tatar: Сөзәпулы
  • Turkish: Süzebolu
  • Ukrainian: Созопол
  • Ukrainian: Созополь
  • Upper Sorbian: Sozopol
  • Vietnamese: Sozopol
  • Waray (Philippines): Sozopol
  • Созопол

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