Sakar ( ; also ) is a mountain in southeastern

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedon ...

, between the rivers Maritsa,

Tundzha The Tundzha ( bg, Тунджа , tr, Tunca , el, Τόνζος ) is a river in Bulgaria and Turkey (known in antiquity as the Tonsus) and the most significant tributary of the Maritsa, emptying into it on Turkish territory near Edirne. The rive ...

, Sokolitsa and

Sazliyka The Sazliyka or Rakitnitsa ( bg, Сазлийка,, ; also transliterated ''Sazlijka'' or ''Sazliika'') is a river in southeastern Bulgaria, a left tributary of the Maritsa. It originates in the Sarnena Sredna Gora mountains. In its upper course ...

and close to the borders with

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and

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. The mountain's highest peak is Vishegrad at 856 m. Sakar is one of the richest regions in Bulgaria in terms of endangered birds of prey populations. Sakar is widely known for the

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s produced in the area, but

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growing remains a leading occupation. The region's most important administrative centre is the town of

Topolovgrad Topolovgrad ( bg, Тополовград , ; ) is a town in south-central Bulgaria, part of Haskovo Province, situated at the northern foot of the Sakar Mountain. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Topolovgrad Municipality. Etymolog ...

in Haskovo Province.

Honour

Sakar Peak Sakar Peak ( bg, връх Сакар, vrah Sakar, ) is a peak of elevation 355 m in Vidin Heights on Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Partly ice-free southeast slopes. Surmounting Panega Glacier to t ...

Livingston Island Livingston Island (Russian name ''Smolensk'', ) is an Antarctic island in the Southern Ocean, part of the South Shetlands Archipelago, a group of Antarctic islands north of the Antarctic Peninsula. It was the first land discovered south of 60 ...

in the

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is named after Sakar Mountain. Landforms of Haskovo Province Mountains of Bulgaria {{Haskovo-geo-stub