Balkans

Summary

Balkans is a peninsula^[1]. Balkans ranks in the top 0.12% of peninsula entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,756 views/month, #1 of 801).^[2]

Key Facts

• Balkans is on the body of water Mediterranean Sea^[3].
• Balkans is on the body of water Adriatic Sea^[4].
• Balkans is on the body of water Ionian Sea^[5].
• Balkans is on the body of water Aegean Sea^[6].
• Balkans is on the body of water Black Sea^[7].
• Balkans's image is recorded as Karte Suedosteuropa 03 01.png^[8].
• Balkans's image is recorded as Balkan-range-satellite.jpg^[9].
• Balkans's continent is recorded as Europe^[10].
• Balkans's instance of is recorded as peninsula^[11].
• Balkans's instance of is recorded as cultural region^[12].
• Balkans's instance of is recorded as historical region^[13].
• Balkans's instance of is recorded as region^[14].
• Balkan Mountains is named after Balkans^[15].
• Balkans's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 252087561^[16].
• Balkans's GND ID is recorded as 4004334-4^[17].
• Balkans's locator map image is recorded as Balkan topo en.jpg^[18].
• Balkans's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85011191^[19].
• Balkans's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00560534^[20].
• Balkans's part of is recorded as Southeast Europe^[21].
• Balkans's Commons category is recorded as Balkans^[22].
• Balkans's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 4016746^[23].
• Balkans's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D063368^[24].
• Balkans's has part is recorded as Greece^[25].
• Balkans's has part is recorded as Croatia^[26].
• Balkans's has part is recorded as Serbia^[27].

Body

Geography

Adjacent water bodies include Mediterranean Sea^[3], an adjacent sea^[28], in Spain^[29]; Adriatic Sea^[4], a sea^[30], in Italy^[31]; Ionian Sea^[5], a marginal sea^[32], in Greece^[33]; Aegean Sea^[6], a sea^[34], in Greece^[35]; and Black Sea^[7], an adjacent sea^[36], in Bulgaria^[37]. Balkans's continent is recorded as Europe^[10]. Balkans's part of is recorded as Southeast Europe^[21].

Physical Characteristics

Balkans's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+470000'}^[38]. Balkans's population is recorded as {'amount': '+70000000'}^[39].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include peninsula^[11], cultural region^[12], historical region^[13], and region^[14].

History and Context

Balkan Mountains is named after Balkans^[15].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Balkans include balkanization^[40], a political term^[41]; Open Balkan^[42], an economic area^[43], founded in 2021^[44]; balkánský sýr^[45], a cheese^[46]; Balkan Snowfield^[47], a snow field^[48]; Balkan chamois^[49], a taxon^[50]; and Balcanides^[51], a mountain range^[52], in Serbia^[53].

Why It Matters

Balkans ranks in the top 0.12% of peninsula entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,756 views/month, #1 of 801).^[2] Balkans has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[54] Balkans is known by 114 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[55]

Entities named for Balkans include balkanization^[40], a political term^[41]; Open Balkan^[42], an economic area^[43], founded in 2021^[44]; balkánský sýr^[45], a cheese^[46]; Balkan Snowfield^[47], a snow field^[48]; Balkan chamois^[49], a taxon^[50]; and Balcanides^[51], a mountain range^[52], in Serbia^[53].