Stob

Stob is a village in southwest , administratively part of , . Located at the foot of the mountain range and not far from the , Stob was first mentioned in the 7th century and has been in continuous or near-continuous existence since then.
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  • Type: Village with 572 residents
  • Description: village in Kocherinovo municipality, Kyustendil oblast, Bulgaria
  • Postal code: 2638

Places of Interest

Highlights include Stob Pyramids.

Photo: Gitanes232, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Stob Earth Pyramids are rock formations, known as , situated at the foothills of the mountain range in south-western . They span an area of 0.7 km2 near the village of Stob, .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Porominovo and Kocherinovo.

Village
Photo: Apostoloff, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village in , , south-western . As of 2013 it has 453 inhabitants. It is situated at the western foothills of the on the banks of the in the vicinity of the . is situated 3 km southwest of Stob.

Town
Photo: Biso, Public domain.
is a town in southwestern , part of . It is the administrative centre of , which lies in the southern part of Kyustendil Province. is situated 4 km west of Stob.

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is a town in of , in the foothills of the southwestern Mountains, on the banks of the Rilska River. It is the closest settlement to Monastery, the center of both the religious and cultural spirit of the Bulgarian nation.

Stob

Latitude
42.09506° or 42° 5′ 42″ north
Longitude
23.10665° or 23° 6′ 24″ east
Population
572
Elevation
615 metres (2,018 feet)
Open location code
8GJ534W4+2M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 273815267
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
726791
Wiki­data ID
Q1019792
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Ukrainian—“Stob” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “С.СТОБ”
  • Bulgarian: “Стоб”
  • Cebuano: “Stob”
  • Chechen: “Стоб”
  • Chinese: “Stob”
  • Dutch: “Stob”
  • French: “Stob”
  • German: “Stob”
  • Hungarian: “Sztob”
  • Kazakh: “Stob”
  • Kazakh: “Стоб”
  • Kazakh: “ستوب”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Stob”
  • Persian: “ستوب (روستا)”
  • Persian: “ستوب”
  • Romanian: “Stob, Kiustendil”
  • Romanian: “Stob”
  • Russian: “Стоб”
  • Slovak: “Stob”
  • Swedish: “Stob”
  • Tatar: “Стоб”
  • Turkish: “Stob (Bulgaristan)”
  • Turkish: “Stob, Bulgaristan”
  • Turkish: “Stob”
  • Ukrainian: “Стоб”

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