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General information - Location

Country	Bulgaria
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	East Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 23.1535,Lat: 42.7062
Elevation	653 meter above sea level
Local time	21:58:33pm
Name province/region	София (столица)
Name Subregion	Столична
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Банкя

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Иваняне (Ivanyane)	2.3 km	East
2 Мало Бучино (Malо Buchinо)	3.1 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Гурмазово (Gurmazоvо)	4.3 km	North
4 Клисура (Klisura)	5.2 km	West
5 Пожарево (Pоzharevо)	5.8 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 София (Sоfiya)	Bulgaria	13 km	East
2 Skopje	North-macedonia	160 km	SouthWest
3 Приштина	Kosovo	163 km	West

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Aegean Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 220 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The coastline is located in another country namely Greece.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Danube main lower 1 - Ogosta, Iskar, Vit, Osum, Yantra, Rusenski Lom, Vedea, part of the larger catchment area Danube Region Basin District. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is яз. Студена (1.3 km² at a distance of 18 km in Southern direction).

The nearest mountain is Черни връх with a height of 2290 meter (at a distance of 18.9 km and direction SouthEast). The most nearby international border is the Serbian-Bulgarian border with a straight distance of 38.6 km in WestNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 54 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 81%, moderate high mountains: 19%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Sofia Airport (at a distance of 21 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Nis Airport (at a distance of 126 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

14.9 km2

19%

Nature

0.7 km2

0.9%

Agriculture

49.6 km2

63.2%

Urban area

12.8 km2

16.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Bankya (Банкя) in country Bulgaria

Bankya (Банкя) at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Boyana Church	Bulgaria	11 km	EastSouthEast
2 Rila Monastery	Bulgaria	68 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Pirin National Park	Bulgaria	109 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Vitosha	BG	7.9 km	SouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

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Current weather at Bankya

Type of weather in Bankya	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.7 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	70 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	14 hour and 18 minutes
Sunrise :	05:14 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:32 Europe/Amsterdam