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Balchik
Author(s) : Kontogeorgis Dimitrios (29/1/2008)Translation : Abouti Angeliki
For citation: Kontogeorgis Dimitrios, "Balchik",Encyclopaedia of the Hellenic World, Black SeaURL: <http://www.ehw.gr/l.aspx?id=11568>
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A small port on the southern coast of Bulgaria, inhabited by Turks, Gagauz, Bulgarians and a substantial number of Greeks. It experienced some development as the centre of grain export mainly during the nineteenth century. In the city there existed a notable Greek community until 1906, which maintained one or two lower-class schools intermittently. One of the Greek churches, which belonged to the Greek state, survived till 1940.
Administrative Dependence
Dobrich region in Bulgaria
Historical Region
Dobrudja
Geographical Location
Bulgarian coast of the Black Sea
Other Names
Βαλτσίκιο, Balchick, Balcic, Балчик
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