# Kokalyane

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|official_name = Kokalyane
|native_name = Кокаляне
|settlement_type = Village
|subdivision_type = [Country](/source/Countries_of_the_world)
|subdivision_name       = {{BUL}}
|subdivision_type1      = [Provinces](/source/Provinces_of_Bulgaria)<br><small>(Oblast)</small>
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|timezone=[EET](/source/Eastern_European_Time)
|utc_offset=+2
|timezone_DST=[EEST](/source/Eastern_European_Summer_Time)
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|map_caption = Location of Kokalyane |
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|pushpin_map_caption    =Location of Kokalyane
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|leader_title           =Mayor
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subdivision_name1=[Sofia City](/source/Sofia_City_Province)|
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population_total=1859|population_footnotes=<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://bg.guide-bulgaria.com/SW/Sofia-city/Stolichna/Kokalyane|title= Bulgaria Guide, Levski |accessdate=29 July 2011 |work= |publisher= |date=}}</ref>|
population_as_of=2007-01-01|
population_density_km2 = auto|
population_demonym = |
area_total_km2 = 15.598|
elevation_m=713|
postal_code=1191|
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|coordinates            = {{coord|42|34|43|N|23|24|54|E|region:BG|display=inline}}
|leader_name=Aleksandur Borisov|
leader_party =[GERB](/source/Citizens_for_European_Development_of_Bulgaria) |
website = |
}}

'''Kokalyane''' ({{langx|bg|Кокаляне}}) is a village in the municipality of [Sofia](/source/Sofia), in the district of [Pancharevo](/source/Pancharevo) in [Bulgaria](/source/Bulgaria). As of 2007 it has 1,859 residents. The village is situated at the foothills of the [Vitosha](/source/Vitosha) mountain, 18 km from the center of Sofia. The ruins of the [Urvich](/source/Kokalyanski_Urvich) fortress, connected with the fall of the [Bulgarian Empire](/source/Second_Bulgarian_Empire) to the Ottomans in the end of the 14th century and the legends about the last Emperor [Ivan Shishman](/source/Ivan_Shishman_of_Bulgaria), are located in the vicinity of the village. 

[Kokalyane Point](/source/Kokalyane_Point) on [Rugged Island](/source/Rugged_Island_(South_Shetland_Islands)) in the [South Shetland Islands](/source/South_Shetland_Islands), [Antarctica](/source/Antarctica) is named after the village.<ref>[http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/display_name.cfm?gaz_id=136849 Kokalyane Point.] [SCAR](/source/Scientific_Committee_on_Antarctic_Research) [Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica](/source/Composite_Gazetteer_of_Antarctica).</ref>
<gallery>
File:Kokalyane-top-view.jpg|A view of Kolalyane from the surrounding hills
File:Kokalyane-Municipality.jpg|Kokalyane [village hall](/source/village_hall)
File:Saint George church in Kokalyane.JPG| Kokalyane Saint George Church
</gallery>
==Footnotes==
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Category:Villages in Sofia City Province

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