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Valkоsel (Вълкосел)

General information - Location

Country	Bulgaria
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	East Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 23.9868,Lat: 41.529
Elevation	800 meter above sea level
Local time	22:44:23pm
Name province/region	Благоевград
Name Subregion	Сатовча
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Вълкосел

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Боголин (Bоgоlin)	2.8 km	WestNorthWest
2 Жижево (Zhizhevо)	4.4 km	NorthEast
3 Слащен (Slashten)	4.5 km	SouthEast
4 Абланица (Ablanitsa)	4.5 km	West
5 Фъргово (Fargоvо)	5.1 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 София (Sоfiya)	Bulgaria	140 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Skopje	North-macedonia	216 km	West
3 Приштина	Kosovo	264 km	WestNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Aegean Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 74 km (direction SouthEast).The coastline is located in another country namely Greece.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named West Aegean Region Basin District. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is яз. Доспат (22.5 km² at a distance of 18.9 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Greek-Bulgarian border with a straight distance of 6.1 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 8.6 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 3%, low mountains: 58%, moderate high mountains: 39%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Sofia Airport (at a distance of 137 km and direction NorthNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Kavala Alexander the Great International Airport (at a distance of 86 km in SouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

17.1 km2

21.8%

Nature

26.9 km2

34.3%

Agriculture

32 km2

40.7%

Urban area

2.6 km2

3.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Valkоsel (Вълкосел) in country Bulgaria

Valkоsel (Вълкосел) at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Pirin National Park	Bulgaria	52 km	WestNorthWest
2 Archaeological Site of Philippi	Greece	62 km	SouthEast
3 Rila Monastery	Bulgaria	81 km	NorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Dolna Mesta	BG	0.7 km	SouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Bogolin

Type of weather in Bogolin	few clouds
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.28 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	84 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	14 hour and 10 minutes
Sunrise :	05:15 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:25 Europe/Amsterdam