Iskra Искра | |
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  Iskra Location in Bulgaria | |
| Coordinates: 42°56′25″N25°28′20″E / 42.94028°N 25.47222°E Coordinates: 42°56′25″N25°28′20″E / 42.94028°N 25.47222°E | |
| Country |  |
| Province | Gabrovo Province |
| Municipality | Dryanovo |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Iskra is a village in Dryanovo Municipality, in Gabrovo Province, in northern central Bulgaria. [1] As of 2015, the population of the village is 2. [2]
Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, and the Black Sea to the east. The capital and largest city is Sofia; other major cities are Plovdiv, Varna and Burgas. With a territory of 110,994 square kilometres (42,855 sq mi), Bulgaria is Europe's sixteenth-largest country.
The provinces of Bulgaria are the first level administrative subdivisions of the country.
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Kyustendil Province is a province in southwestern Bulgaria, extending over an area of 3,084.3 km2 (1,190.9 sq mi), and with a population of 163,889. It borders on the provinces of Sofia, Pernik, and Blagoevgrad; to the west, its limits coincide with the state borders between Bulgaria and North Macedonia, and between Bulgaria and the Republic of Serbia. The administrative center of the Province is Kyustendil.
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Montana Province is a province in northwestern Bulgaria, bordering Serbia in the southwest and Romania in the north. It spreads its area between the Danube river and the Balkan Mountains. As of February 2011, the province has a population of 148,098 inhabitants, on territory of 3,635.5 km2 (1,403.7 sq mi). It was named after its administrative centre the city of Montana.
Varna Province, formerly known as Varna okrug, is a province in eastern Bulgaria, one of the 28 Bulgarian provinces. It comprises 12 municipalities with a population of 494,216 inhabitants as of April 2016. The province is named after its administrative centre, Varna.
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Strezimirovci is a divided village in easternmost Serbia and westernmost Bulgaria. The Bulgarian half of the village is part of Tran Municipality, Pernik Province, whereas the Serbian part belongs to Surdulica municipality, Pčinja District. The village has a border checkpoint and its residents on either side of the border are mostly Bulgarian; however, its division has caused its population to decrease more than tenfold. It lies in the geographic region of Znepolje (Znepole), at 42°48′N22°26′E, in a valley along the Jerma River, 830 metres above mean sea level.
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