Novi Iskar
Novi Iskar is a town in Western Bulgaria, located in Sofia City Province, which is a part of the Municipality of Sofia. It is often regarded as a northern suburb of Bulgarian capital Sofia and lies in the northern part of the Sofia Valley, with the Iskar Gorge beginning just north of the town.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 14,000 residents
- Description: city in Stolichna municipality, Sofia Capital oblast, Bulgaria
- Also known as: “Novi Iskŭr”
- Postal code: 1780
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Podgumer and Svetovrachene.
Podgumer
Village
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Podgumer is a village in Novi Iskar district of the Bulgarian capital Sofia, located some 17 km north of the city center. As of 2024 it has 889 inhabitants. Podgumer is situated 4 km east of Novi Iskar.
Svetovrachene
Village
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Svetovrachene is a village in Novi Iskar district of the Bulgarian capital Sofia, located some 12 km north of the city center. As of 2024 it has 2,206 inhabitants. Svetovrachene is situated 4½ km southeast of Novi Iskar.
Kutina
Village
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Katina is a village in Novi Iskar district of the Bulgarian capital Sofia, located some 21 km north of the city center. As of 2024 it has 1,463 inhabitants. Kutina is situated 4½ km northwest of Novi Iskar.
Novi Iskar
- Categories: city in Bulgaria and locality
- Location: Municipality of the Capital, Sofia-grad, Bulgaria, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
42.81438° or 42° 48′ 52″ northLongitude
23.35826° or 23° 21′ 30″ eastPopulation
14,000Elevation
515 metres (1,690 feet)Open location code
8GJ5R975+Q8OpenStreetMap ID
node 273351340OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
728737Wikidata ID
Q2670226
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Novi Iskar” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نوفي إسكار”
- Bulgarian: “Кумарица”
- Bulgarian: “Курило”
- Bulgarian: “Нови Искър”
- Bulgarian: “Славовци”
- Catalan: “Novi Iskar”
- Czech: “Novi Iskar”
- Czech: “Novi Iskăr”
- Dutch: “Novi Iskar”
- French: “Novi Iskar”
- German: “Nowi Iskar”
- Greek: “Νόβι Ίσκαρ”
- Irish: “Novi Iskar”
- Japanese: “ノヴィ・イスカル”
- Japanese: “ノヴィ・イスクル”
- Kazakh: “Novï-Ïskır”
- Kazakh: “Нови-Искыр”
- Kazakh: “نوۆىي-ىيسكىر”
- Lithuanian: “Novi Iskeras”
- Persian: “نووی ایسکار”
- Polish: “Nowi Iskyr”
- Polish: “Nowy Iskyr”
- Romanian: “Novi Iskăr”
- Russian: “Нови-Искыр”
- Silesian: “Novi Iskyr”
- Silesian: “Nowi Iskyr”
- South Azerbaijani: “نوی ایسکار”
- Swedish: “Novi Iskăr”
- Tatar: “Нови-Искыр”
- Turkish: “Novi İskır”
- Ukrainian: “Новий Іскир”
- Ukrainian: “Нові-Іскир”
- Vietnamese: “Novi Iskar”
- “Нови Искър”
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