| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:geographical_region 
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                                | gptkbp:area | 550,000 km² 
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                                | gptkbp:borderedBy | gptkb:Adriatic_Sea gptkb:Black_Sea
 gptkb:Ionian_Sea
 gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
 gptkb:Aegean_Sea
 gptkb:Danube_River
 
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                                | gptkbp:climate | gptkb:Mediterranean Continental
 Alpine
 
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                                | gptkbp:ethnicGroup | gptkb:Greeks gptkb:Roma
 gptkb:Albanians
 gptkb:Bulgarians
 gptkb:Macedonians
 gptkb:Montenegrins
 gptkb:Romanians
 gptkb:Slovenes
 gptkb:Turks
 Bosniaks
 Croats
 Serbs
 
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                                | gptkbp:highestPoint | gptkb:Mount_Musala 
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                                | gptkbp:historicalEvent | gptkb:Balkan_Wars gptkb:Yugoslav_Wars
 Ottoman rule
 World War I (originated in the Balkans)
 
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                                | gptkbp:includesCountry | gptkb:Albania gptkb:Bosnia_and_Herzegovina
 gptkb:Bulgaria
 gptkb:Croatia
 gptkb:Greece
 gptkb:Kosovo
 gptkb:Montenegro
 gptkb:North_Macedonia
 gptkb:Romania
 gptkb:Serbia
 gptkb:Slovenia
 Moldova (sometimes included)
 Turkey (partly)
 
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                                | gptkbp:languageSpoken | gptkb:Macedonian gptkb:Albanian
 gptkb:Bulgarian
 gptkb:Greek
 gptkb:Romanian
 gptkb:Aromanian
 gptkb:Romani
 gptkb:Slovenian
 Bosnian
 Croatian
 Serbian
 Turkish
 Montenegrin
 
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                                | gptkbp:locatedIn | gptkb:Southeast_Europe 
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                                | gptkbp:majorCity | gptkb:Athens gptkb:Belgrade
 gptkb:Bucharest
 gptkb:Ljubljana
 gptkb:Podgorica
 gptkb:Sarajevo
 gptkb:Skopje
 gptkb:Sofia
 gptkb:Tirana
 gptkb:Zagreb
 Istanbul (partly)
 
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                                | gptkbp:namedAfter | gptkb:Balkan_Mountains 
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                                | gptkbp:populationEstimate | ~55 million 
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                                | gptkbp:religion | gptkb:Eastern_Orthodoxy gptkb:Islam
 gptkb:Protestantism
 gptkb:Roman_Catholicism
 
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                                | gptkbp:timezone | Eastern European Time Central European Time
 
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                                | gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite | Yes 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:Ahal_Region gptkb:Daşoguz_Region
 gptkb:western_Turkmenistan
 gptkb:Балканабад
 gptkb:Balkanabat
 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 7 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | Balkan Region 
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