Kyustendil
Kyustendil is a city in Central Western Bulgaria, under the slopes of the Osogovo Mountain which straddles the border with North Macedonia. With a population of about 37,000, the city is the hiking and ski tourism gateway to the mountain and, less prominently, a spa resort.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: City with 47,600 residents
- Description: city in Kyustendil municipality, Kyustendil oblast, Bulgaria
- Also known as: “Keustendil” and “Kiousténdil”
- Postal code: 2500
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hisarlaka fortress.
Hisarlaka fortress
Castle
Photo: Gligan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hisarlaka Fortress is an ancient and medieval fortress occupying a hill at 2 kilometres to the south-east of Kyustendil, in what is now Bulgaria. Originally constructed by the Romans around 400 AD, it was among the most important castles of the Bulgarian Empire in the Middle Ages before it was partially destroyed by the Ottomans in the 15th century.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Slokoshhica and Lozno.
Slokoshhica
Village
Slokoshtitsa is a village in Kyustendil Municipality, Kyustendil Province, south-western Bulgaria.
Lozno
Village
Lozno is a village in Kyustendil Municipality, Kyustendil Province, south-western Bulgaria.
Bogoslov
Village
Bogoslov is a village in Kyustendil Municipality, Kyustendil Province, Bulgaria. Notable people include Velin Alaykov.
Kyustendil
- Categories: oblast seat, municipality seat, city in Bulgaria, and locality
- Location: Kyustendil, Bulgarian Shopluk, Bulgaria, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
42.281° or 42° 16′ 52″ northLongitude
22.689° or 22° 41′ 21″ eastPopulation
47,600Elevation
514 metres (1,686 feet)OpenStreetMap ID
node 31058178OpenStreetMap feature
place=city
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Kyustendil” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Qystendili”
- Arabic: “كيوستينديل”
- Armenian: “Կյուստենդիլ”
- Azerbaijani: “Köstəndil”
- Basque: “Kiustendil”
- Belarusian: “Кюстэндзіл”
- Belarusian: “Кюстэндыл”
- Bengali: “কুস্তেন্ডিল”
- Bulgarian: “Велбъжд”
- Bulgarian: “ГР.КЮСТЕНДИЛ”
- Bulgarian: “Кюстендил”
- Catalan: “Čustendil”
- Catalan: “Kiustendil”
- Catalan: “Kostendil”
- Catalan: “Köstendil”
- Catalan: “Kustendil”
- Catalan: “Küstendil”
- Catalan: “Kyustendil”
- Catalan: “Velbazhd”
- Catalan: “Velbuzhd”
- Cebuano: “Kyustendil (kapital sa rehiyon sa Bulgaria)”
- Cebuano: “Kyustendil”
- Central Kurdish: “کیوستێندیل”
- Chechen: “Кюстендил”
- Chinese: “丘斯坦迪尔”
- Chinese: “丘斯滕迪尔”
- Chinese: “丘斯滕迪爾”
- Church Slavic: “Кюстєндилъ”
- Croatian: “Ćustendil”
- Czech: “Kjustendil”
- Danish: “Kjustendil”
- Danish: “Pautalia”
- Dutch: “Kjoestendil”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كيوستينديل”
- Esperanto: “Kjustendil”
- Estonian: “Kjustendil”
- Estonian: “Kyustendil”
- Finnish: “Kjustendil”
- French: “Kioustendil”
- French: “Kostendil”
- French: “Kustendil”
- French: “Kyoustendil”
- French: “Kyustendil”
- German: “Kjustendil”
- German: “Kolassia”
- German: “Küstendil”
- German: “Kyustendil”
- German: “Pautalia”
- German: “Velbuschd”
- German: “Welbascht”
- Greek: “Βελμπάζντ”
- Greek: “Κιουστεντίλ”
- Greek: “Κυουστεντίλ”
- Gujarati: “ક્યુસ્ટેન્ડિલ”
- Hebrew: “קיוסטנדיל”
- Hindi: “क्यूस्टेण्डिल”
- Hungarian: “Kjusztendil”
- Indonesian: “Kyustendil”
- Irish: “Kyustendil”
- Italian: “Kjustendil”
- Japanese: “キュステンディル”
- Kannada: “ಕ್ಯೂಸ್ಟೆಂಡಿಲ್”
- Kazakh: “Kyustendïl”
- Kazakh: “Кюстендил”
- Kazakh: “كيۋستەندىيل”
- Korean: “큐스텐딜”
- Latvian: “Kjustendila”
- Lithuanian: “Kiustendilas”
- Lithuanian: “Velbeždas”
- Lombard: “Kjustendil”
- Macedonian: “Ќустендил”
- Malay: “Kyustendil”
- Marathi: “क्यूस्टेणडाईल”
- Moksha: “Кюстэндил”
- Northern Frisian: “Kjustendil (Steed)”
- Northern Frisian: “Kjustendil”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kyustendil”
- Ossetian: “Кюстендил”
- Persian: “کیوستندیل (شهر)”
- Persian: “کیوستندیل”
- Polish: “Kiustendił”
- Polish: “Kjustendił”
- Portuguese: “Kyustendil”
- Portuguese: “Kyvstendil”
- Romanian: “Kiustendil”
- Romanian: “Kyustendil”
- Russian: “Кюстендил”
- Scots: “Kyustendil”
- Serbian: “Ćustendil”
- Serbian: “Велбужд”
- Serbian: “Велбъжд”
- Serbian: “Ђустендил”
- Serbian: “Константинова бања”
- Serbian: “Кюстендил”
- Serbian: “Ћустендил”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Ćustendil”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Kjustendil”
- Silesian: “Kjustendił”
- Sinhala: “ක්යුස්ටෙන්ඩිල්”
- Slovak: “Kiustendil”
- Slovak: “Kjustendil”
- Slovenian: “Kjustendil”
- South Azerbaijani: “کیوستندیل”
- Spanish: “Kiustendil”
- Spanish: “Kyustendil”
- Swedish: “Banja”
- Swedish: “Colonia Ulma Pautalia”
- Swedish: “Kiustendil”
- Swedish: “Kjustendil”
- Swedish: “Kjüstendil”
- Swedish: “Köstendil”
- Swedish: “Kustendil”
- Swedish: “Küstendil”
- Swedish: “Ulma Pautalia”
- Swedish: “Welbusjd”
- Tamil: “கியூஸ்டேண்டில்”
- Tatar: “Күстәндил”
- Telugu: “క్యూస్టెండిల్”
- Thai: “คียูสเตนดิล”
- Turkish: “Köstendil”
- Turkish: “Velbužd”
- Ukrainian: “Кюстендил”
- Urdu: “کیوستندیل”
- Vietnamese: “Kyustendil”
- Waray (Philippines): “Kyustendil”
- Welsh: “Kyustendil”
- Western Panjabi: “کیؤستندل”
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