Melnik

city in Sandanski municipality, Blagoevgrad oblast, Bulgaria
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Summary

Melnik is a city in Bulgaria[1]. Melnik draws 802 Wikipedia views per month (city in bulgaria category, ranking #1 of 3).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Sandanski[3]
  • Country: Bulgaria[4]
  • Instance of: kmetstvo of Bulgaria[5]
  • Twinned administrative body: Mělník[6]
  • Postal code: 2820[7]
  • Commons category: Melnik[8]
  • Local dialing code: 07437[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Melnik[10]
  • Population: 288[11], 262[12], 287[13], 258[14], 278[15], 266[16], 253[17], 256[18], 227[19], 269[20], 275[21], 241[22], 375[23], 367[24]
  • Official name: Melnik[25], Мелник[26]
  • Native label: Мелник[27]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People of Melnik[28]
  • Elevation above sea level: 437 m[29]
  • Area: 6.464 km²[30]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Govdirectory[31]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Bulgaria[32]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Melnik[33]
  • Category for the view of the item: Category:Views of Melnik[34]

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Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Melnik include Melnik pyramids[35], a geological formation[36], in Bulgaria[37].

Why It Matters

Melnik has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] Melnik is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

Entities named for Melnik include Melnik pyramids[35], a geological formation[36], in Bulgaria[37].

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . NRPP. Retrieved . nsi.bg. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . NRPP. Retrieved . nsi.bg. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . grao.bg. grao.bg. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . grao.bg. grao.bg. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . grao.bg. grao.bg. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . grao.bg. grao.bg. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . grao.bg. grao.bg. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . grao.bg. grao.bg. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . grao.bg. grao.bg. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . grao.bg. grao.bg. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . nsi.bg. nsi.bg. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . nsi.bg. nsi.bg. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . nsi.bg. nsi.bg. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . nsi.bg. nsi.bg. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . nsi.bg. nsi.bg. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . nsi.bg. nsi.bg. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . NRPP. Retrieved . nsi.bg. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . NRPP. Retrieved . nsi.bg. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . NRPP. Retrieved . nsi.bg. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . NRPP. Retrieved . az-pitam.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . govdirectory.org. Retrieved . govdirectory.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [37] ↑ . 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. [38] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

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. 2d ago · Nikola Tulechki · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Native label → {'lang': 'bg', 'text': 'Мелник'}
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Native label: Мелник, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/291054|batch #291054]]"
  2. 3d ago · Nikola Tulechki · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Native label → {'lang': 'bg', 'text': 'Мелник'}
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Native label: Мелник, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/291012|batch #291012]]"
  3. 4d ago · Nikola Tulechki · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official name → {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Melnik'}, {'lang': 'bg', 'text': 'Мелник'}
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Official name: Мелник, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/290767|batch #290767]]"
  4. 16d ago · Nikola Tulechki · 2026-10-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetreference-add:2| */ Native label: Мѐлник, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/288803|batch #288803]]"
  5. 16d ago · Nikola Tulechki · 2026-10-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'azb', 'bg', 'ca', 'ceb', 'commons', 'cs', 'cu', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'eo',
    Native label → {'lang': 'bg', 'text': 'Мелник'}
    Gnd id → 4312387-9
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Native label: Мѐлник, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/286655|batch #286655]]"
  6. 8w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/49170|batch #49170]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  7. 20w ago · BGPopBot bot · 2026-05-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in → —
    Area → {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+6.464'}
    Elevation above sea level → {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+437'}
    Topic's main category → Category:Melnik
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ Population, nsi-population: add 2025 population (NSI demographics, preferred)"
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