Kapitan Andreevo

Place in Haskovo, Bulgaria

Kapitan Andreevo 41°43′14.49″N 26°19′17.59″E / 41.7206917°N 26.3215528°E / 41.7206917; 26.3215528
Country	Bulgaria
Provinces (Oblast)	Haskovo
Municipality	Svilengrad Municipality
Government
• Mayor	Milen Milushev (GERB)
Area
• Total	28.462 km² (10.989 sq mi)
Elevation	348 m (1,142 ft)
Population (December 2009)^[1]
• Total	969
• Density	34/km² (88/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code	6530
Area code	03773

Kapitan Andreevo (Bulgarian: Капитан Андреево [kɐpiˈtan ɐnˈdrɛɛvo]) is a village near the Bulgaria—Turkey—Greece tripoint in Svilengrad municipality, Haskovo Province, southern Bulgaria. As of 2005 it has 948 inhabitants and the mayor is Dimitar Shiderov. Due to the proximity with Turkey, there is a major border checkpoint built there, with the Turkish side of the checkpoint being called Kapıkule. The busy Bulgaria–Turkey border crossing at Kapitan Andreevo is an important point of entrance to the European Union. Kapitan Andreevo is located at 41°43′N 26°19′E / 41.717°N 26.317°E / 41.717; 26.317, 30 metres above sea level.

The checkpoint, one of the busiest in the European Union, has been notorious as an entry point for drugs into the EU, and has long been reported to be run by organized crime.^[2] It is part of a wider Bulgarian problem of border corruption, which has hindered Bulgaria's accession into the Schengen area.^[2]

References

^ Таблица на населението по постоянен и настоящ адрес 15.03.2009
^ ^a ^b Bayer, Lili (7 July 2022). "Bulgaria sounds alarm over EU's mafia-run border". Politico. Retrieved 10 July 2022.