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Northeast Bulgaria > Silistra
About SilistraThe town of Silistra (population: 42 153; 20 m above sea-level) is situated on the right (Bulgarian) bank of the river Danube, on 375th kilometres away from the river mouth, at the point where the river enters the territory of Romania and the terrestrial boundary between Bulgaria and Romania begins. It is 442 km and 122 km north-east of Sofia and Rousse respectively, 108 km north-east of Razgrad, 113 km north of Shoumen, and 92 km and 143 km north-west of Dobrich and Varna respectively. A district centre.
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