Atia, Bulgaria Explained

Official Name:Atia
Native Name:Атия
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Bulgaria
Pushpin Relief:1
Pushpin Label Position:Location in Bulgaria
Subdivision Name: Bulgaria
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Burgas Province
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name2:Sozopol
Population As Of:2013
Population Total:825
Population Footnotes:[1]
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3
Elevation M:14
Postal Code:8150
Coordinates:42.4389°N 27.5847°W

Atia (Bulgarian: Атия) is a village in Sozopol Municipality, Burgas Province, south-eastern Bulgaria. As of 2013 it has 825 inhabitants.[1] It hosts Bulgaria's largest naval base.

The village is located near Cape Atia, thus its name. It is situated at the northern foothills of Medni Rid Ridge, which is the north-eastern extreme of the Bosna Ridge in the Strandzha Mountains.

Environmental problems

Until 2001 copper mines functioned in the vicinity of the village. Between 1954 and 1977 all the by-products and waste from the mining operations were dumped in the shallow waters near the Black Sea coast. As a result the village's beach was contaminated with mercury and radioactive elements which give the sand a distinctive dark color. Decontamination operations began in 1997 after it was determined that the background radiation in the area is twice the normal limit.[2]

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Atia. Guide Bulgaria. 28 July 2018.
  2. Web site: ИАОС . 2016-02-24 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303125059/http://eea.government.bg/bg/news/2010/2010-08-05.html . 2016-03-03 .