Rila

Rila is a town in of , in the foothills of the southwestern Rila Mountains, on the banks of the Rilska River. It is the closest settlement to Rila Monastery, the center of both the religious and cultural spirit of the Bulgarian nation.
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  • Town with 3,040 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 579 metres (1,900 feet)
  • Description: city in Rila municipality, Kyustendil oblast, Bulgaria
  • Postal code: 2630
  • Also known as
    “Rila Selo”
    “Rila, Bulgaria”
    “Riloselo”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Smochevo and Stob.
Edal, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village, which is situated 4 km northwest of Rila.
Gogo hr, CC BY 3.0.
is a village in southwest … is situated 4 km southwest of Rila.

Rila

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Latitude
42.1279° or 42° 7′ 40″ north
Longitude
23.1324° or 23° 7′ 57″ east
Open location code
8GJ544HJ+4X
Open­Street­Map ID
node 273488839
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
727628
Wiki­data ID
Q406517

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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Waray—“Rila” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “Рыла”
  • Bulgarian: “ГР.РИЛА”
  • Bulgarian: “Рила”
  • Cebuano: “Rila”
  • Central Kurdish: “ڕیلا”
  • Chinese: “里拉”
  • Czech: “Rila”
  • Dutch: “Rila”
  • French: “Rila”
  • German: “Rila”
  • Greek: “Ρίλα”
  • Hebrew: “רילה”
  • Hungarian: “Rila (város)”
  • Hungarian: “Rila”
  • Irish: “Rila”
  • Italian: “Rila”
  • Japanese: “リラ”
  • Korean: “릴라”
  • Macedonian: “Рила (град)”
  • Macedonian: “Рила”
  • Persian: “ریلا”
  • Polish: “Riła”
  • Portuguese: “Rila”
  • Romanian: “Rila, Bulgaria”
  • Romanian: “Rila”
  • Russian: “Рила (Болгария)”
  • Russian: “Рила (город)”
  • Russian: “Рила (Кюстендилская область)”
  • Russian: “Рила (Рила)”
  • Russian: “Рила”
  • Serbian: “Rila”
  • Serbian: “Рила”
  • Slovenian: “Rila”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ریلا”
  • Spanish: “Rila”
  • Swedish: “Rila”
  • Tatar: “Рила”
  • Turkish: “Rila”
  • Ukrainian: “Рила”
  • Vietnamese: “Rila, Kyustendil”
  • Vietnamese: “Rila”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Rila, Bulgaria”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Rila”

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