Belogradchik

Belogradchik (; ) is a town in Vidin Province, northwestern Bulgaria, and is the administrative centre of the homonymous municipality. The town is situated in the foothills of the Balkan Mountains just east of the Serbian border and about 50 km south of the Danube River. The town is close to the Belogradchik Rocks, which are major tourist attraction. , it had a population of 4,601.

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Settlement.official_name: Belogradchik
Settlement.image_skyline: Belogradchik E1.jpg
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Bulgaria
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Provinces(Oblast)
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Vidin
Settlement.image_shield: Belogradchik-coat-of-arms.jpg
Settlement.timezone: EET
Settlement.utc_offset: +2
Settlement.timezone_DST: EEST
Settlement.utc_offset_DST: +3
Settlement.map_caption: Location of Belogradchik
Settlement.pushpin_relief: 1
Settlement.pushpin_map: Bulgaria
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location of Belogradchik
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor
Settlement.postal_code_type: Postal Code
Settlement.population_total: 4,601

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Belogradchik
Population: 3816
Area: 22.234
Elevation: 522
Official website: www.belogradchik.org
Image: Belogradchik.jpg
Dialing code: 0936

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Commons category: Belogradchik
postal code: 3900
native label: Белоградчик

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== Geography == thumb|left|Belogradchik Rocks at the town thumb|left|Entrance of the Belogradchik Fortress Belogradchik is situated at an altitude of 520 m in the western part of the Fore-Balkan, a mountainous chain straddling north of and in parallel with the Balkan Mountains. The town lies next to the Belogradchik Rocks, a major rock formation reaching some 30 km in length that contains outcrops reaches up to 100 m in height, which form a dramatic outline of the town. Close to the town is the source of the Gradska reka, a tributary of the Salashka reka, itself a tributary of the Archar of the Danube drainage.