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Balkans
- Type: peninsula
- Description: geopolitical and cultural region of Southeast Europe
- Categories: cultural region and historical region
- Location: Europe
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Latitude of centre
44.21° or 44° 12' 36" northLongitude of centre
22.15° or 22° 9' eastWikidata ID
Q23522Balkans Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Abkhazian: Tazunegzirt n Balqan
- Abkhazian: Балкантәи адгьылбжьаха
- Abkhazian: Балкантәи адгьылбжьахабжа
- Achinese: Balkan
- Afrikaans: Balkan-skiereiland
- Afrikaans: Balkan
- Afrikaans: Balkanskiereiland
- Albanian: Ballkan
- Albanian: Ballkani
- Albanian: Gadishulli Ballkanik
- Amharic: ባልካኖች
- Arabic: Balkan
- Arabic: البلقان
- Arabic: بلقان
- Arabic: بلقاني
- Arabic: جنوب شرق أوروبا
- Arabic: جنوب شرقي أوروبا
- Arabic: دول البلقان
- Arabic: شبه جزيرة البلقان
- Aragonese: Balcans
- Aragonese: Peninsula Balcanica
- Aragonese: Peninsula d'os Balcans
- Armenian: Բալկանյան թերակղզի
- Armenian: Բալկաններ
- Armenian: Պալքանեան Թերակղզի
- Arpitan: Balcans
- Asturian: Balcanes
- Asturian: Península balcánica
- Asturian: Península de los Balcanes
- Azerbaijani: Balkanlar
- Azerbaijani: Balkan yarımadası
- Bashkir: Балҡан ярымутрауы
- Basque: Balkan
- Basque: Balkanak
- Basque: Balkanetako penintsula
- Belarusian: Балканская паўвыспа
- Belarusian: Балканскі паўвостраў
- Belarusian: Балканы
- Bengali: বলকান
- Bengali: বলকান অঞ্চল
- Bosnian: Balkan
- Bosnian: Balkanski poluotok
- Bosnian: Balkansko poluostrvo
- Breton: Balkanioù
- Breton: Balkanoù
- Bulgarian: Балкани
- Bulgarian: Балканите
- Bulgarian: Балкански държави
- Bulgarian: Балкански полуостров
- Bulgarian: Балканския полуостров
- Bulgarian: Балканският полуостров
- Bulgarian: Югоизточна Европа
- Catalan: Balcans
- Catalan: Balcànic
- Catalan: Europa sud-oriental
- Catalan: Països Balcànics
- Catalan: Península balcànica
- Catalan: Península dels Balcans
- Catalan: Sud-est d'Europa
- Cebuano: Balkan Peninisula
- Cebuano: Balkan Peninsula
- Central Kurdish: بالکان
- Central Kurdish: بەلقان
- Chechen: Балканийн ахгӀайре
- Chinese: Balkan poàn-tó
- Chinese: 坡勤半島
- Chinese: 巴尔干
- Chinese: 巴尔干半岛
- Chinese: 巴爾幹
- Chinese: 巴爾幹半島
- Chinese: 巴爾幹地區
- Church Slavic: Балкани
- Chuvash: Балкан çурутравĕ
- Crimean Tatar: Balqan
- Crimean Tatar: Balqanlar
- Crimean Tatar: Balqan yarımadası
- Croatian: Balkanski poluotok
- Czech: Balkán
- Czech: Balkánský poloostrov
- Danish: Balkan-halvøen
- Danish: Balkanhalvøen
- Dutch: Balkan
- Dutch: Balkanschiereiland
- Egyptian Arabic: البلقان
- English: Balcans
- English: Balkan
- English: Balkan Peninisula
- English: Balkan Pennisula
- English: Balkan States
- English: Balkan countries
- English: Balkanoid
- English: Balkan peninsula
- English: Balkan penninsula
- English: Balkans peninsula
- English: Balkins
- English: Haemus Peninsula
- English: Peninsula of Haemus
- English: South Balkan area
- English: The Balkans
- Esperanto: Balkana duoninsulo
- Esperanto: Balkanio
- Esperanto: Balkano
- Esperanto: Balkanoj
- Estonian: Balkan
- Estonian: Balkani poolsaar
- Faroese: Balkan
- Faroese: Balkanhálvoyggin
- Finnish: Balkan
- Finnish: Balkanin niemimaa
- Finnish: Balkanlaiset
- French: Balkanique
- French: Balkans
- French: Les balkans
- French: Péninsule balkanique
- French: Péninsule des Balkans
- Friulian: Balcans
- Gagauz: Balkan
- Galician: Balcánico
- Galician: Balcáns
- Galician: Península Balcánica
- Galician: Península dos Balcáns
- Georgian: ბალკანეთი
- Georgian: ბალკანეთის ნახევარკუნძული
- German: Balkan
- German: Balkan-Halbinsel
- German: Balkanhalbinsel
- German: Balkanstaaten
- Greek: Αίμος
- Greek: Βαλκάνια
- Greek: Βαλκανική
- Greek: Βαλκανική χερσόνησος
- Greek: Χερσόνησος του Αίμου
- Hakka Chinese: Pâ-ngì-kòn pan-tó
- Hausa: Balkan pan-tó
- Hebrew: ארצות הבלקן
- Hebrew: באלקאן
- Hebrew: בלקן
- Hebrew: בלקנים
- Hebrew: הבלקן
- Hebrew: הבלקנים
- Hebrew: חבל הבלקן
- Hebrew: חצי האי בלקן
- Hebrew: חצי האי הבלקני
- Hebrew: מדינות הבלקן
- Hindi: बाल्कन
- Hindi: बाल्कन प्रायद्वीप
- Hungarian: Balkán-félsziget
- Hungarian: Balkán
- Icelandic: Balkanskagi
- Icelandic: Balkanskaginn
- Ido: Balkan
- Indonesian: Balkan
- Indonesian: Eropa Tenggara
- Indonesian: Semenanjung Balkan
- Interlingua: Balkanes
- Irish: Balcáin
- Irish: Na Balcáin
- Italian: Area balcanica
- Italian: Balcani
- Italian: Europa balcanica
- Italian: Europa sud-orientale
- Italian: Europa sudorientale
- Italian: Stati balcanici
- Italian: penisola balcanica
- Jamaican Creole English: Balkans
- Japanese: バルカン半島
- Japanese: バルカン地域
- Japanese: バルカン地方
- Japanese: バルカン諸国
- Japanese: ヨーロッパの火薬庫
- Japanese: ヴァルカン半島
- Japanese: 南東ヨーロッパ
- Japanese: 南東欧
- Javanese: Balkan
- Kabyle: Tazunegzirt n Balqan
- Kashubian: Bałkanë
- Kazakh: Балқан түбегі
- Kirghiz: Балкан жарым аралы
- Korean: 발칸
- Korean: 발칸 반도
- Korean: 발칸반도
- Kurdish: Balkan
- Kurdish: Nîvgirava Balkan
- Kurdish: Nîvgizirta Balkanê
- Ladino: Balkanos
- Latin: Balcania
- Latin: Paeninsula Balcanica
- Latvian: Balkānu pussala
- Limburgan: Balkan
- Lingua Franca Nova: Balcanes
- Literary Chinese: 巴爾幹半島
- Lithuanian: Balkan
- Lithuanian: Balkanai
- Lithuanian: Balkanų pusiasalis
- Lombard: Balcan
- Low German: Balkan
- Lower Sorbian: Balkańska połkupa
- Luxembourgish: Balkan
- Macedonian: Bahwjgan buendauj
- Macedonian: Balcanau
- Macedonian: Balcanes
- Macedonian: Balcania
- Macedonian: Balcans
- Macedonian: Balcànus
- Macedonian: Balcáns
- Macedonian: Balkan
- Macedonian: Balkan Poàn-tó
- Macedonian: Balkana duoninsulo
- Macedonian: Balkanai
- Macedonian: Balkanak
- Macedonian: Balkanhalbinsel
- Macedonian: Balkanhalvön
- Macedonian: Balkanhalvøen
- Macedonian: Balkanhálvoyggin
- Macedonian: Balkanioù
- Macedonian: Balkani poolsaar
- Macedonian: Balkanlar
- Macedonian: Balkannjárga
- Macedonian: Balkanos
- Macedonian: Balkans
- Macedonian: Balkanskagi
- Macedonian: Balkanskaginn
- Macedonian: Balkanska połkupa
- Macedonian: Balkanski poluotok
- Macedonian: Balkan yarımadası
- Macedonian: Balkańska połkupa
- Macedonian: Balkán
- Macedonian: Balkánsky polostrov
- Macedonian: Balkānu pussala
- Macedonian: Balqan yarımadası
- Macedonian: Bałkany
- Macedonian: Bálcãs
- Macedonian: Délkelet-Európa
- Macedonian: Gadishulli Ballkanik
- Macedonian: Na Balcain
- Macedonian: Na Balcáin
- Macedonian: Peninsula Balcanica
- Macedonian: Peninsula Balcanică
- Macedonian: Penisola balcanica
- Macedonian: Penìxoła balcànega
- Macedonian: Península Balcánica
- Macedonian: Pinìsula balcànica
- Macedonian: Półwysep Bałkański
- Macedonian: Βαλκάνια
- Macedonian: Југоисточна Европа
- Macedonian: Балкаан
- Macedonian: Балкан
- Macedonian: Балканот
- Macedonian: Балканская паўвыспа
- Macedonian: Балкански
- Macedonian: Балкански Полуостров
- Macedonian: Балканский полуостров
- Macedonian: Балканскиот полуостров
- Macedonian: Балканско полуострво
- Macedonian: Балканскі паўвостраў
- Macedonian: Балканський півострів
- Macedonian: Балканы хойг
- Macedonian: Балкан ярымутравы
- Macedonian: Балқан түбегі
- Macedonian: Западен Балкан
- Macedonian: Բալկանյան թերակղզի
- Macedonian: באלקאן לענדער
- Macedonian: חבל הבלקן
- Macedonian: البلقان
- Macedonian: بالقانلار
- Macedonian: بالکان
- Macedonian: बाल्कन
- Macedonian: বলকান অঞ্চল
- Macedonian: பால்கன் குடா
- Macedonian: บอลข่าน
- Macedonian: ბალკანეთის ნახევარკუნძული
- Macedonian: バルカン半島
- Macedonian: 巴尔干半岛
- Macedonian: 巴爾幹半島
- Macedonian: 발칸 반도
- Malagasy: Balkana
- Malay: Balkan
- Malay: Semenanjung Balkan
- Malayalam: ബാൾക്കൻ
- Manx: Ny Çheeraghyn Balkanagh
- Marathi: बाल्कन
- Mazanderani: بالکان
- Min Nan Chinese: Balkan
- Min Nan Chinese: Balkan Poàn-tó
- Min Nan Chinese: Balkan Poàⁿ-tó
- Min Nan Chinese: Balkan Pòan-tó
- Mingrelian: ბალკანეთიშ ჩქონი
- Mongolian: Балканы хойг
- N'Ko: ߓߊߟߑߞߊ߲
- Narom: Balkans
- Neapolitan: Balcane
- Nepali: बाल्कन
- Nepali: बाल्कन प्रायद्वीप
- Newari: बाल्कन
- Northern Frisian: Balkan
- Northern Sami: Balkan
- Northern Sami: Balkannjárga
- Norwegian: Balkan
- Norwegian Bokmål: Balkan-halvøya
- Norwegian Bokmål: Balkan
- Norwegian Bokmål: Balkanhalvøya
- Norwegian Bokmål: Baltar
- Norwegian Bokmål: Balter
- Norwegian Bokmål: Sørøst-Europa
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Balkan
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Balkanhalvøya
- Occitan (post 1500): Balcans
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Illyricum
- Ossetian: Балкайнаг æрдæгсакъадах
- Ossetian: Балканы æрдæгсакъадах
- Panjabi: ਬਾਲਕਨ
- Persian: بالکان
- Persian: شبه جزیره بالکان
- Persian: شبهجزیره بالکان
- Polish: Bałkany
- Polish: Półwysep Bałkański
- Pontic: Βαλκανικόν Χερσόνησος
- Portuguese: Balcãs
- Portuguese: Bálcãs
- Portuguese: Peninsula balcânica
- Portuguese: Península Balcânica
- Portuguese: Península dos Balcãs
- Portuguese: Península dos Bálcãs
- Portuguese: Sudeste da Europa
- Pushto: بالکان
- Quechua: Palkan yaqa wat'a
- Quechua: Walkan yaqa wat'a
- Romanian: Balcani
- Romanian: Balcanii
- Romanian: Europa de Sud-Est
- Romanian: Europa de Sud Est
- Romanian: Peninsula Balcanică
- Romanian: Peninsulei Balcanice
- Romansh: Peninsla dal Balcan
- Russian: Балканский полуостров
- Russian: Балканский регион
- Russian: Балканы
- Russian: Юго-Восточная Европа
- Rusyn: Балканскый полуостров
- Samogitian: Balkanā
- Santali: ᱵᱳᱞᱠᱟᱱ
- Sardinian: Balcanos
- Sardinian: Balcànus
- Scots: Balkans
- Scottish Gaelic: Balkans
- Scottish Gaelic: Na Balcain
- Serbian: Балкан
- Serbian: Балканско полуострво
- Serbo-Croatian: Balkan
- Serbo-Croatian: Balkanski poluotok
- Serbo-Croatian: Balkansko poluostrvo
- Serbo-Croatian: Балкан
- Sicilian: Balcani
- Sicilian: Pinìsula balcànica
- Silesian: Bałkany
- Silesian: Boukany
- Slovak: Balkánsky polostrov
- Slovenian: Balkan
- Slovenian: Balkanski polotok
- Slovenian: Jugovzhodna Evropa
- Somali: Jasiiradda Balkaan
- South Azerbaijani: بالکان
- Spanish: Balcanes
- Spanish: Balcanica
- Spanish: Balcanico
- Spanish: Balcanicos
- Spanish: Balcánica
- Spanish: Balcánico
- Spanish: Balcánicos
- Spanish: Los Balcanes
- Spanish: Peninsula Balcánica
- Spanish: Peninsula Helenica
- Spanish: Peninsula balcanica
- Spanish: Peninsula de los Balcanes
- Spanish: Península Balcanica
- Spanish: Península Helénica
- Spanish: Península balcánica
- Spanish: Península de los Balcanes
- Spanish: península balcánica
- Swahili: Balkani
- Swahili: Balkans
- Swahili: Rasi ya Balkani
- Swedish: Balkan
- Swedish: Balkanhalvön
- Swedish: Balkanism
- Swedish: Balkanländerna
- Swedish: Illyriska halvön
- Swiss German: Balkan
- Tagalog: Balkan
- Tagalog: Balkanikong Tangway
- Tagalog: Balkans
- Tajik: Нимҷазираи Балкан
- Tamil: பால்கன் குடா
- Tamil: பால்கன் தீபகற்பம்
- Tamil: பால்கன் பகுதிகள்
- Tamil: பால்க்கன்
- Tatar: Балкан
- Tatar: Балканнар
- Tatar: Балкан ярымутравы
- Telugu: బాల్కన్లు
- Thai: Balkans
- Thai: Balkan states
- Thai: คาบสมุทรบอลข่าน
- Thai: บอลข่าน
- Thai: รัฐในคาบสมุทรบอลข่าน
- Tosk Albanian: Balkanhalbinsel
- Turkish: Balkanlar
- Turkish: Balkan yarımadası
- Turkish: Balkan ülkeleri
- Turkish: Güneydoğu Avrupa
- Turkmen: Balkan ýarymadasy
- Uighur: بالقانلار
- Ukrainian: Балкани
- Ukrainian: Балканський півострів
- Upper Sorbian: Balkanska połkupa
- Urdu: بلقان
- Urdu: جزیرہ نما بلقان
- Urdu: جنوب مشرقی یورپ
- Uzbek: Bolqon yarim oroli
- Venetian: Balcani
- Venetian: Penisola balcanica
- Venetian: Penixoła balcanega
- Venetian: Penixoła balcanica
- Venetian: Penìzoła balcànega
- Vietnamese: Balkan
- Vietnamese: Bán đảo Balkan
- Vlaams: Balkan
- Waray (Philippines): Balkan
- Welsh: Balcanau
- Welsh: Penrhyn y Balcanau
- Welsh: Y Balcanau
- Western Armenian: Պալքանեան Թերակղզի
- Western Frisian: Balkan
- Western Panjabi: بلقان
- Wu Chinese: 巴尔干半岛
- Xhosa: I-Peninsula yaseBalkan
- Yakut: Балкаан
- Yakut: Балканнар
- Yiddish: באלקאן לענדער
- Yiddish: באלקאנער האלבאינזל
- Yue Chinese: 巴爾幹半島
- Zhuang: Bahwjgan buendauj
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