Silistra

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Silistra

Total population

37,923

Coordinates44.12°, 27.26°

Demographic figures from NSI Bulgaria. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Silistra is a town in Northeastern Bulgaria. The town lies on the southern bank of the lower Danube river, and is also the part of the Romanian border where it stops following the Danube. Silistra is the administrative center of the Silistra Province and one of the important towns of the historical region of Dobruja.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Aëtius

Roman general and statesman ( c. 390 – 454)

Filiz Hyusmenova

politician from Bulgaria

Nona Karadzhova

Bulgarian politician

A

Auxentius of Milan

Theologian and bishop of Milan, Italy, c. 355 – 374

B

Basri Dirimlili

Turkish association football player (1929–1997)

Aemilianus of Durostoro

saint

G

Georgi Ovcharov

Bulgarian architect

Yıldız İbrahimova

Turkish-Bulgarian singer (born 1952)

D

Denislav Kalchev

Bulgarian swimmer

D

Dian Moldovanov

Bulgarian footballer

I

Ivan Naydenov

Bulgarian footballer

K

Kızılcıklı Mahmut

Turkish wrestler (1880–1931)

M

Marcel Dinu

Romanian diplomat

P

Parteniy Pavlovich

Bulgarian bishop

Pavel Tsvetkov

Bulgarian poet

Petre Borilă

Romanian politician (1906-1973)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Silistra

SILISTRA SEQUENCE

Janet Morris · 1977

High Couch of Silistra

Janet Morris · 1980

Wind from the Abyss

Janet Morris · 1978

Vŭzrozhdenska Silistra

Rumen Lipchev · 2004

Durostorum Drastar Silistra

Boris Kalinkov · 2004

Silistra i Dobrudzha

Marko G. Markov · 1900

Incercare de monografie asupra cetăţii Drâstorul-Silistra

G. Popa-Lisseanu · 1913

Silistra

Russ Crites · 2019

Search results from Open Library.