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Capitals of the countries in the Balkans region in photos. This page lists all capital cities in Southeastern Europe with their population and elevation.
Capitals of the countries on the Balkans are all located under 1000 m elevation. Ankara is the city with the highest position - 850 m over the sea level. Podgorica is only 44 m over the sea level.
Ankara also has the biggest population of 3 900 000 people, both with Athens are the biggest capital cities with population over 3 millions people, in comparison with Podgorica which has only 150 000 people. The other big capitals are Bucharest, Belgrade and Sofia with more than 1 million people.
Sofia (capital of Bulgaria)
Population: 1 400 000
Elevation: 550 m (1 804 ft)
Athens (capital of Greece)
Population: 3 130 000
Elevation: 70 - 338 m (230 - 1 109 ft)
Ankara (capital of Turkey)
Population: 3 900 000
Elevation: 850 m (2 789 ft)
Bucharest (capital of Romania)
Population: 1 932 000
Elevation: 60 - 90 m (197 – 295 ft)
Zagreb (capital of Croatia)
Population: 785 000
Elevation: 158 m (518 ft)
Sarajevo (capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Population: 304 000
Elevation: 500 m (1 640 ft)
Podgorica (capital of Montenegro)
Population: 150 000
Elevation: 44 m (144 ft)
Belgrade (capital of Serbia)
Population: 1 630 000
Elevation: 117 m (384 ft)
Tirana (capital of Albania)
Population: 616 000
Elevation: 110 m (361 ft)
Skopje (capital of Republic of Macedonia)
Population: 700 000
Elevation: 240 m (787 ft)
Ljubljana (capital of Slovenia)
Population: 268 000
Elevation: 298 m (978 ft)
Kishinev (capital of Moldova)
Population: 593 000
Elevation: 85 m (279 ft)
Prishtina (capital of Kosovo)
Population: 600 000
Elevation: 652 m (2 139 ft)
