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Kyustendil

Kyustendil ( ) is a town in the far west of Bulgaria, the capital of the Kyustendil Province, a former bishopric and present Latin Catholic titular see.

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Kyustendil is a town located in western Bulgaria that serves as the capital of Kyustendil Province. It has historical religious significance as a former bishopric, and the Catholic Church still recognizes it as a titular see.

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Settlement.official_name: Kyustendil
Settlement.settlement_type: Town
Settlement.native_name: Кюстендил
Settlement.image_skyline: Kyustendil-view-and-Konyavska-mountain.jpg
Settlement.image_flag: Flag of Kyustendil.svg
Settlement.image_shield: Kyustendil-coat-of-arms.svg
Settlement.map_caption: Location of Kyustendil
Settlement.pushpin_map: Bulgaria
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location of Kyustendil
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Bulgaria
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Kyustendil
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor
Settlement.leader_name: Ognyan Atanasov
Settlement.area_total_km2: 28.72
Settlement.area_urban_km2: 979.91
Settlement.elevation_m: 560

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Official name: Kyustendil
Population: 34334
Area: 18.72
Elevation: 560
Image: Kyustendil-view-and-Konyavska-mountain.jpg
Dialing code: 078

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Commons category: Kyustendil
postal code: 2500
inception: 0001-00-00
P8168: Philipp Moog

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Kyustendil ( ) is a town in the far west of Bulgaria, the capital of the Kyustendil Province, a former bishopric and present Latin Catholic titular see.

The town is situated in the southern part of the Kyustendil Valley, near the borders of Serbia and North Macedonia; 90 km southwest of Sofia, 130 km northeast of Skopje and 243 km north of Thessaloniki. The population is 37 799, with a Bulgarian majority and a Roma minority. During the Iron Age, a Thracian settlement was located within the town, later known as Roman in the 1st century AD. In the Middle Ages, the town switched hands between the Byzantine Empire, Bulgaria and Serbia, prior to Ottoman annexation in 1395. After centuries of Ottoman rule, the town became part of an independent Bulgarian state in 1878.