Silistra

Silistra is a city on the in , in the corner where the short land border between and Bulgaria meets the river. Nearby is the Srebarna Nature Reserve, a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Georgi Genchev, Public domain.
  • City with about 26,500 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (20 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code SLS
  • …is also known as “Silistria”
  • …was formerly known as “Дръстър”
  • Description: city in Silistra municipality, Silistra oblast, Bulgaria
  • Postal code: 7500

Places of Interest

Discover Roman Tomb (Silistra) and Mezhidi Tabia Fortress.
Archaeological site
The Roman Tomb of Silistra is an Ancient Roman burial…
The Medjidi Tabia Fortress is a fortress from the 1840s and early 1850s.
Railway station
is a railway station.
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Latitude
44.1183° or 44° 7′ 6″ north
Longitude
27.26° or 27° 15′ 36″ east
UN/LOCODE
BG SLS
Open location code
8GP94796+82
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
place = city
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Western Panjabi—“Silistra” goes by many names.
ሲሊስትራAmharic
سيليستراArabic
SilistraAragonese
ՍիլիստրաArmenian
SilistraAzerbaijani
ДурасторBelarusian
СілістраBelarusian
СілістрыяBelarusian
সিলিস্ট্রাBengali
সিলিস্ত্রাBengali
SilistraBosnian
ДоростолBulgarian
ДоросторумBulgarian
ДръстърBulgarian
ДуросторумBulgarian
СилистраBulgarian
SilistraCatalan
SilistraCebuano
سیلیستراCentral Kurdish
СилистраChechen
西利斯特拉Chinese
錫利斯特拉Chinese
锡利斯特拉Chinese
СилистраChurch Slavic
SilistreCrimean Tatar
SilistraCroatian
SilistraCzech
SilistraDanish
SilistraDutch
SilistriaDutch
SilistraEsperanto
СилистраEsperanto
SilistraEstonian
DurostorumFinnish
SilistraFinnish
ΣιλίστραGreek
સિલિસ્ટ્રાGujarati
SilistraHausa
סיליסטרהHebrew
शिलिस्ट्राHindi
सिलिस्त्राHindi
SzilisztraHungarian
SilistraIndonesian
SilistraIrish
SilistraItalian
シリストラJapanese
ドゥロストルムJapanese
SilistraJavanese
ಸಿಲಿಸ್ತ್ರKannada
SïlïstraKazakh
СилистраKazakh
Силистра (Силистра облысы)Kazakh
سىيلىيستراKazakh
СилистраKirghiz
실리스트라Korean
DurostorumLatin
SilistraLatvian
SilistraLithuanian
SilistraLombard
SilistraMacedo-Romanian
СилистраMacedonian
SilistraMalay
सिलिस्ट्राMarathi
СилистраMoksha
SilistraNorthern Frisian
Silistra (Steed)Northern Frisian
SilistraNorwegian
SilistraNorwegian Bokmål
SilistraNorwegian Nynorsk
SilistraOromo
ДоростолOssetian
СилистрæOssetian
ਸਿਲਿਸ੍ਤਰਾPanjabi
سیلیستراPersian
DrystraPolish
SilistraPolish
سیلستراPushto
DârstorRomanian
DristraRomanian
DurustorumRomanian
SilistraRomanian
ДиристырRussian
ДористолRussian
ДоростолRussian
ДурострумRussian
СелистраRussian
СилистраRussian
СилистрияRussian
SilistraScots
SilistraSerbian
СилистраSerbian
СилистријаSerbian
SilistraSerbo-Croatian
SilistraSilesian
සිලිස්ට්‍රාSinhala
SilistraSlovak
SilistraSlovenian
SilistraSomali
سیلیستراSouth Azerbaijani
SilistraSwahili
DurostorumSwedish
SilistraSwedish
SilistriaSwedish
СилистраTajik
சிலிஸ்ட்ராTamil
СилистраTatar
సిలిస్ట్రాTelugu
ซิลิสตราThai
SilistireTurkish
SilistreTurkish
ДоростолUkrainian
СилистраUkrainian
СилістраUkrainian
СілістраUkrainian
SilistraUpper Sorbian
سیلیستراUrdu
SilistraUzbek
SilistraVietnamese
SilistraWaray (Philippines)
ՍիլիսթրաWestern Armenian
سیلستراWestern Panjabi

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