Sozopol is an ancient seaside town on the southern Bulgarian Black Sea coast, located 35 kilometers south of Burgas within Burgas Province, where it serves as administrative center of the Sozopol Municipality. It is one of Bulgaria's major seaside resorts and is known for the Apollonia art and film festival, named after one of the town's ancient names, and had a population of 5,410 as of December 2009.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Elevation (m) Latitude42.418717 degrees north 2 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Sozopol (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHistory
The town was founded in the 7th century BC by ancient Greek colonists from Miletus as Antheia (Ancient Greek: Ἄνθεια).
History section
The town was founded in the 7th century BC by ancient Greek colonists from Miletus as Antheia (Ancient Greek: Ἄνθεια).
Infobox: population_total
5,679
- In Group: Cities of Eastern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
View the Source 2. Sozopol (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 42.418717, longitude 27.694322
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 0 m
P2046 (area)
area 41.829 sq km
View the Source3. GeoNames: Sozopol - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 726963
42.41801 27.6956 P PPLA2 BG 39 BGS21 4500 20 Europe/Sofia
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 20 m
View the Source 4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 42.25, 27.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 42.25, 27.75
42.25 27.75 Cfa
Wikidata: Sozopol
Wikidata Q271925, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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