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Ustren (Bulgarian : Устрен) is a village in the Kardzhali Province, southern Bulgaria. As of 2006 [update] it had 296 inhabitants. The population is 100% Turkish. The Turkish name for the village is Ustra.
Bulgarian, is an Indo-European language and a member of the Southern branch of the Slavic language family.
Kardzhali District is a province of southern Bulgaria, neighbouring Greece with the Greek regional units of Xanthi, Rhodope, and Evros to the south and east. It is 3209.1 km² in area. Its main city is Kardzhali.
The village is situated in a mountainous area in the eastern Rhodopes 11 km to the south-west of Dzhebel. There is a school and a chitalishte . It is famous for the Medieval fortress of Ustra, located 4 km to the south of the village.
Dzhebel or Djebel is a town in Kardzhali Province, southern Bulgaria. It has 3,312 inhabitants. Dzhebel is the administrative center of a municipality, which apart from Dzhebel itself, contains 47 other villages and has a population of 9093. The municipality is mainly populated by ethnic Turks, which are more than 75% of the total population.
A chitalishte is a typical Bulgarian public institution and building that fulfills several functions at once, such as a community centre, library, and a theatre. It is also used as an educational institution, where people of all ages can enroll in foreign language, dance, music and other courses. In this function they could be compared to the Folk High Schools of Northern Europe. Some larger urban chitalishta are not unlike 92nd Street Y in New York City.
Ustra is a castle in the eastern Rhodope Mountains in southern Bulgaria. Its ruins lie 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) southwest of the village of Ustren situated on a hill at approximately 800 metres (2,600 ft) above sea level.
