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Smоlyan (Смолян)

General information - Location

Country	Bulgaria
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	East Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 24.7182,Lat: 41.5751
Elevation	1051 meter above sea level
Local time	6:16:29am
Name province/region (Област)	Смолян
Wiki-website Subregion (Община)	Смолян
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Смолян

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Дунево (Dunevо)	1.3 km	EastNorthEast
2 Левочево (Levоchevо)	4 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Бостина (Bоstina)	5 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Фатово (Fatоvо)	6.1 km	EastSouthEast
5 Стража (Strazha)	6.6 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 София (Sоfiya)	Bulgaria	169 km	NorthWest
2 Skopje	North-macedonia	274 km	West
3 Приштина	Kosovo	317 km	WestNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Aegean Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 69 km (direction SouthEast).The coastline is located in another country namely Greece.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Maritsa main -Medium - Tundzha, part of the larger catchment area East Aegean Region Basin District. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is яз. Въча (3.9 km² at a distance of 39.8 km in NorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is връх Голям Перелик with a height of 2191 meter (at a distance of 11.4 km and direction West). The most nearby international border is the Greek-Bulgarian border with a straight distance of 14.1 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 20 km.
Elevation around place: moderate high mountains: 93%, high mountains: 7%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is forest.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Rhodope Mountains

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Sofia Airport (at a distance of 164 km and direction NorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Plovdiv International Airport (at a distance of 56 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

49.4 km2

62.8%

Nature

7.2 km2

9.1%

Agriculture

14.2 km2

18.1%

Urban area

7.6 km2

9.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Smоlyan (Смолян) in country Bulgaria

Smоlyan (Смолян) at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Archaeological Site of Philippi	Greece	72 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Pirin National Park	Bulgaria	109 km	West
3 Rila Monastery	Bulgaria	124 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Trigrad - Mursalitsa	BG	2.4 km	WestSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Smolyan

Type of weather in Smolyan	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	5 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.72 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1027 mb
Humidity:	66 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	9 hour and 10 minutes
Sunrise :	06:42 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	15:52 Europe/Amsterdam