Gorna Malina

Gorna Malina Горна Малина
Village
Gorna Malina Location of Gorna Malina
Coordinates: 42°41′N 23°42′E
Country	Bulgaria
Provinces (Oblast)	Sofia
Government
• Mayor	Angel Zhilanov
Elevation	620 m (2,030 ft)
Population  (2008)[1]
• Total	1,482
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code	2131
Area code	07152

Gorna Malina (Bulgarian: Горна Малина, pronounced [ˈɡɔrnɐ ˈmalinɐ]) is a village in western Bulgaria, part of Sofia Province. It is the administrative centre of Gorna Malina municipality, which lies in the central eastern part of Sofia Province, 20-30 kilometres east of Sofia. The village is located between the western Balkan Mountains to the north and the Sredna Gora range to the south.

Municipality

Gorna Malina municipality covers an area of 336 square kilometres and includes the following 14 places:

Aprilovo Bailovo Belopoptsi Chekanchevo Gaytanevo Dolna Malina Dolno Kamartsi

Gorna Malina Gorno Kamartsi Makotsevo Negushevo Osoitsa Sarantsi Stargel

Gallery

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  Gorna Malina
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  Writer Elin Pelin's birth house and museum, Bailovo
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  New church in Belopoptsi
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  Church of St Demetrius in Dolna Malina

Honour

Malina Cove on Low Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica is named after Gorna Malina.

External links

• Gorna Malina municipality website (in Bulgarian and English)