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Kulata Кулата
Village
St. Athanasius Church in the village of Kulata
Kulata Location in Bulgaria
Coordinates: 41°23′15″N 23°21′50″E / 41.38750°N 23.36389°E / 41.38750; 23.36389
Country	Bulgaria
Province	Blagoevgrad
Municipality	Petrich
Government
• Mayor	Dimitar Manolev (Ind.)
Area
• Total	8.27 km² (3.19 sq mi)
Elevation	105 m (344 ft)
Population (2015)
• Total	834
Postal code	2868
Area code	07425
Vehicle registration	Е

41°23′15″N 23°21′50″E / 41.38750°N 23.36389°E / 41.38750; 23.36389

Kulata checkpoint on the Bulgarian-Greek border

Kulata (Bulgarian: Кулата [ˈkuɫɐtɐ], lit. 'the tower', Greek: Κούλα or Κούλατα) is a village in Petrich Municipality, Blagoevgrad Province, in southwestern Bulgaria. As of 2006^[update] it has 892 inhabitants and the mayor is Dimitar Manolev. The village is a major border checkpoint on the border with Greece. The community of Promachonas in Serres regional unit lies across the border.

The first-class European route E79 and the railway from Sofia to Thessaloniki pass through the village. It will be an important stop on the Struma motorway.

v t e Petrich Municipality
Capital: Petrich
Villages	Baskaltsi Belasitsa Bogoroditsa Borovichene Chuchuligovo Churicheni Churilovo Dolene Dolna Krushitsa Dolna Ribnitsa Dolno Spanchevo Dragush Drangovo Drenovitsa Drenovo Gabrene Gega General Todorov Gorchevo Ivanovo Karnalovo Kavrakirovo Kamena Kapatovo Kladentsi Klyuch Kolarovo Krandzhilitsa Kromidovo Kukurahtsevo Kulata Marikostinovo Marino Pole Mendovo Mitino Mihnevo Novo Konomladi Parvomay Pravo Bardo Ribnik Rupite Razhdak Samuilova Krepost Samuilovo Skrat Starchevo Strumeshnitsa Tonsko Dabe Topolnitsa Vishlene Volno Yavornitsa Yakovo Zoychene
Landmarks	Churilovo Monastery Heraclea Sintica Kozhuh Samuil's Fortress Tsar Samuil Stadium
Culture	PFC Belasitsa Petrich Battle of Kleidion Incident at Petrich
Notable people	Baba Vanga Katya Paskaleva Kiril Georgiev Manush Georgiev Krastyo Hadzhiivanov Serafim Barzakov Kiril Terziev

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