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Bankya, Bankya, Stolichna Municipality, Sofia City Province, Bulgariai
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BankyaTown
BankyaAdministrative District
Stolichna MunicipalityMunicipality
Sofia City ProvinceOblast
BulgariaCountry

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Mindat Locality ID:
280520
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:280520:0
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Other Languages:
Bulgarian:
Банкя, Банкя, Столична, Област София, България
French:
Bankya, Bankya, Stolitchna obchtina, Sofia-ville, Bulgarie
German:
Bankja, Bankja, Hauptstadtgemeinde Sofia, Sofia-Stadt, Bulgarien
Russian:
Банкя, Банкя, Столична, София, Болгария
Simplified Chinese:
班基雅, 班基雅, 索菲亞市, 索菲亞市州, 保加利亚
Spanish:
Bankya, Bankya, Sofía-Ciudad, Bulgaria
Belarusian:
Банкя, абшчына Сталічна, гарадская вобласць Сафія, Балгарыя
Belarusian (Tarashkevitsa):
Банкя, Баўгарыя
Catalan:
Bankia , Bankia , Sofia Capital, província de Sofia-Ciutat, Bulgària
Cebuano:
Bankya, Bankya, Stolichna Obshtina, Sofiya-Grad, Bulgaria
Chechen:
Банкя, Банкя, Болгари
Church Slavic:
Банька, Банька, Блъгарїꙗ
Czech:
Bankja, Bankja, Oblast Sofie, Bulharsko
Danish:
Bankja, Bankja, Sofia, Bulgarien
Dutch:
Bankya, Bankja, Sofia, Bulgarije
Farsi/Persian:
بانکیا , بانکیا , استان صوفیه سیتی, بلغارستان
Greek:
Μπάνκια, Δήμος Σόφιας, Σόφια, Βουλγαρία
Hebrew:
באנקיה, סופיה , בולגריה
Hungarian:
Bankja, Szófia fővárosi község, Szófia főváros, Bulgária
Irish Gaelic:
Bankya, Cúige Cathair Sofia, An Bhulgáir
Japanese:
バンキャ, バンキャ, ソフィア州, ブルガリア
Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):
Банкя, Банкя, Болгария
Latin:
Bankya, Bulgaria
Macedonian:
Банќа, Софиja , Бугарија
Norwegian:
Bankja, Sofia provins, Bulgaria
Ossetian:
Банкя, Банкя, Софияйы сахары облæст, Болгари
Polish:
Bankja, Bankja, Gmina Stoliczna, Obwód miejski Sofia, Bułgaria
Romanian:
Bankea, Bankea, Comuna Stolicina, Regiunea Sofia-capitala, Bulgaria
Serbian:
Банкја, Област Софија-град, Бугарска
Slovenian:
Bankja, Bolgarija
South Azerbaijani:
بانکیا, بانکیا, صوفیه اوستانی, بولغاریستان
Swedish:
Bankja, Bankya, Stolitjna Obsjtina, Sofijska oblast, Bulgarien
Tatar:
Банкә, Болгария
Turkish:
Bankya, Bankya, Sofya , Bulgaristan
Ukrainian:
Банкя, Банкя, Столична громада, Софія-град, Болгарія
Vietnamese:
Bankya, Bankya, Tỉnh Sofia, Bulgaria


Bankya (Bulgarian: Банкя [ˈbaŋkʲɐ]) is a small town located on the outskirts of Sofia in western Bulgaria. It is administratively part of Greater Sofia.

In 1969 the village of Bankya was proclaimed a town, and in 1979 it became part of Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria.

Bankya is 17 km west of capital Sofia. It is situated at the foot of Lyulin Mountain at an average elevation of around 630–750 meters. The first people to populate the region of Bankya were Thracian tribes, over 2500 years ago. Archaeological excavations near the quarter of Ivanyane have unearthed remains of Ancient Roman buildings, walls and sewers, and bronze bracelets from the 4th–5th century. Bankya's economy depends mainly on tourism and balneological treatment.

Bankya was first mentioned as Banka in the 15th century. The former villages of Verdikal, Gradoman and Mihaylovo are part of the town itself, while Ivanyane and Klisura are part of the municipality. Bankya's name stems from the common noun bankya, "hot spring", a diminutive of banya ("baths").

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bankya
Wikidata ID:Q806817
GeoNames ID:733468


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