Novi Iskar ( ) is a town in Western
Bulgaria
Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern portion of the Balkans directly south of the Danube river and west of the Black Sea. Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey t ...
, located in
Sofia City Province
Sofia City Province () is a province (''oblast'') of Bulgaria. Its administrative center is the city of Sofia, the capital of the country.
The province borders on Sofia Province and Pernik Province. It consists of only one municipalities of B ...
, which is a part of the Municipality of Sofia (the capital of Bulgaria).
It is often regarded as a northern suburb of Bulgarian capital Sofia and lies in the northern part of the
Sofia Valley
The Sofia Valley (), or Sofia Field (), is situated in central western Bulgaria. It is the second of the succession of the eleven Sub-Balkan valleys in direction west–east and is the largest of them in area and population. It is named after th ...
, with the
Iskar Gorge beginning just north of the town.
The town of Novi Iskar was formed in May 1974 with the merging of three villages: Aleksandar Voykov, Gnilyane, and Kurilo. The village of Aleksandar Voykov was formed in 1955 when the Kumaritsa and Slavovtsi villages were merged. Initially a villa area, Izgrev is nowadays a district of the town.
Today, Novi Iskar consists of 5 districts:
Slavovtsi,
Kumaritsa,
Kurilo,
Izgrev and
Gnilyane.
Honour
Cape Kurilo in
Snow Island,
South Shetland Islands
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is named after the district of Kurilo.
External links
www.weather-webcam.eu - Online webcam from Novi Iskarhttp://www.noviiskar.bg/ - Novi Iskar web-based community media for local news from the town of Novi Iskar and Sofia
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Districts of Sofia
Towns in Bulgaria
Populated places in Sofia City Province