Banitsa, Vratsa Province
Village in northwestern Bulgaria
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Banitsa (Bulgarian: Баница) is a village in Vratsa Municipality, Vratsa Province, northwestern Bulgaria. As of 2005[update] its population is 1,328.
Banitsa
Село Баница | |
|---|---|
Village | |
| Coordinates: 43°20′31″N 23°41′26″E | |
| Country | Bulgaria |
| Province (Oblast) | Vratsa |
| Municipality (Obshtina) | Byala Slatina |
| Elevation | 290 m (950 ft) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 836[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |

The great Bulgarian poet and revolutionary Hristo Botev was killed nearby.
Gallery
- Elementary school "Hristo Botev"
- Chitalishte "Svetlina"
- Church "Ascension of Jesus"
- The church belfry
- Old cross near the church entrance
- Memorial plaque to Vasil Levski's visit in early September 1872
- Memorial plaque to Georgi Dimitrov's visit on 15 April 1923
- Sculpture composition in the centre of the village