Balchik

city in Balchik municipality, Dobrich oblast, Bulgaria
Organization municipality_seat Q329437
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Balchik

Summary

Balchik is a municipality seat[1]. Balchik ranks in the top 9% of municipality_seat entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Balchik is located in Balchik[3].
  • Balchik is in the country of Bulgaria[4].
  • Balchik is on the body of water Black Sea[5].
  • Balchik's instance of is recorded as municipality seat[6].
  • Balchik's instance of is recorded as city in Bulgaria[7].
  • Balchik's instance of is recorded as seaside resort[8].
  • Balik is named after Balchik[9].
  • Balchik's twinned administrative body is recorded as Mangalia[10].
  • Balchik's twinned administrative body is recorded as Armutalan[11].
  • Balchik's twinned administrative body is recorded as Bran[12].
  • Balchik's twinned administrative body is recorded as Stará Ľubovňa[13].
  • Balchik's twinned administrative body is recorded as Hagfors Municipality[14].
  • Balchik's twinned administrative body is recorded as Cieszyn[15].
  • Balchik's postal code is recorded as 9600[16].
  • Balchik's Commons category is recorded as Balchik[17].
  • Balchik's local dialing code is recorded as 0579[18].
  • Balchik's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 43.410166, 'lon': 28.166152}[19].
  • Balchik's official website is recorded as http://www.balchik.bg[20].
  • Balchik's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Balchik[21].
  • Balchik has a population of {'amount': '+13610'}[22].
  • Balchik has a population of {'amount': '+13500'}[23].
  • Balchik has a population of {'amount': '+13529'}[24].
  • Balchik has a population of {'amount': '+13560'}[25].
  • Balchik has a population of {'amount': '+13565'}[26].
  • Balchik has a population of {'amount': '+13628'}[27].

Body

Identity

Official names include {'lang': 'bg', 'text': 'Балчик'}[28] and {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Balchik'}[29].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Balchik include Balchik Airfield[30], an airport[31], in Bulgaria[32] and Balchik Ridge[33], a ridge[34].

Why It Matters

Balchik ranks in the top 9% of municipality_seat entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7 views/month).[2] Balchik has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] Balchik is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

Entities named for Balchik include Balchik Airfield[30], an airport[31], in Bulgaria[32] and Balchik Ridge[33], a ridge[34].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . NRPP. Retrieved . nsi.bg. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . NRPP. Retrieved . nsi.bg. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . BG State e-Government Agency. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . grao.bg. grao.bg. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . grao.bg. grao.bg. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . grao.bg. grao.bg. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . grao.bg. grao.bg. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . grao.bg. grao.bg. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . grao.bg. grao.bg. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . NRPP. Retrieved . nsi.bg. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . NRPP. Retrieved . nsi.bg. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · Nikola Tulechki · 2026-10-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetreference-add:2| */ [[Property:P1705]]: Балчѝк, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/288803|batch #288803]]"
  2. 2d ago · Nikola Tulechki · 2026-10-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['azb', 'be', 'bg', 'ceb', 'ckb', 'commons', 'crh', 'cs', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'eo'
    Native label → {'lang': 'bg', 'text': 'Балчик'}, {'lang': 'tr', 'text': 'Balçık'}, {'lang': 'ro', 'text': 'Balcic'} +1
    Sitelink count → 48
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P1705]]: Балчѝк, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/286655|batch #286655]]"
  3. 10w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/43532|batch #43532]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  4. 18w ago · BGPopBot bot · 2026-05-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in → —
    Area → {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+74.411'}
    Capital of → Balchik
    Elevation above sea level → {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+199'}
    + 31 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ [[Property:P1082]], nsi-population: add 2025 population (NSI demographics, preferred)"
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