Country Bulgaria Elevation 14 m Population 1,001 (2015) Municipality Sozopol Municipality | Time zone EET (UTC+2) Local time Tuesday 11:11 PM Province Burgas Province | |
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Weather 6°C, Wind E at 8 km/h, 92% Humidity | ||
Atiya or Atia (Bulgarian: Атия) is a village in Sozopol Municipality, Burgas Province, southeastern Bulgaria.
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Map of 8140 Atiya, Bulgaria
The village is located near cape Atia, thus its name. It also hosts Bulgaria's largest naval base.
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.
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