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Novi Iskar

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Country
  
Bulgaria

Time zone
  
EET (UTC+2)

Area code(s)
  
02 991

Area
  
52.8 km²

Local time
  
Monday 3:20 PM

Provinces (Oblast)
  
Sofia City

Postal Code
  
1280

Elevation
  
509 m

Population
  
17,000 (2012)

Novi Iskar httpswwwmirelabgdynamicidistrictsphp165

Weather
  
19°C, Wind W at 23 km/h, 40% Humidity

Time lapse video from sofia panorama webcam located in novi iskar sofia bulgaria may 2013


Novi Iskar (Bulgarian: Нови Искър) is a town in Western Bulgaria, located in Sofia City Province, 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, with the Iskar Gorge beginning just north of the town.

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Map of Novi Iskar, Bulgaria

The town of Novi Iskar was formed in May 1974 with the merging of 3 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.

Nowadays Novi Iskar consists of 5 districts: Slavovtsi, Kumaritsa, Kurilo, Izgrev and Gnilyane.

Cape Kurilo in Snow Island, South Shetland Islands is named of district Kurilo.

Time lapse video from webcam novi iskar sofia bulgaria may 2013


References

Novi Iskar Wikipedia