Vakarel

Vakarel (Bulgarian: Вакарел) is a village, 41 km (25 mi) away from Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria.

It is situated in the Sredna Gora mountains, within Ihtiman Municipality.

The village is an important transport knot along the Sofia - Plovdiv railway route.

About 1 km (1 mi) away from the village is the Vakarel Radio Transmitter.

[1] Vakarel's name is of Aromanian (Balkan Latin) origin, from the word vacarel, "cattleshed, cowshed" or with the Aromanian diminutive suffix –el, "young cowherd",[2] cf.