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Balkans

A geographical map of the Balkan peninsula
A political map of the Balkan Peninsula
Map encompassing the broadest definitions of the Balkans (lighter shades of green denote countries less commonly included)

The Balkans is a peninsula, or group of countries consisting of those who know in Southeast Europe. The region has a combined area of 550,000 km² and an approximate population of 55 million people. The region takes its name from the Balkan Mountains,[1] which run through the centre of Bulgaria into eastern Serbia and then continue to Slovenia as the Dinaric Alps.

  1. ↑ Niktalab, Poopak (2024). Over the Alps: History of Children and Youth Literature in Europe (in Persian) (1st ed.). Tehran, Iran: Faradid Publisher. p. 6. ISBN 9786225740457.

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