Silistra

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Silistra is a historic city in northeastern Bulgaria on the Danube River, known as an important cultural and economic center of the Dobruja region.

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Label Occurrences
Silistra canonical 8

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city
adminCenterOf Silistra Municipality
Silistra Province
borderRiver Danube
surface form: Danube River
climate continental climate
country Bulgaria
countryCode BG
foundedBy Romans
hasBorderFunctionWith Romania
hasCulturalRole regional cultural center
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
river transport
trade
hasEducationalInstitutionType cultural institutions
secondary schools
hasFeature Danube river port
archaeological sites
fortress remains
river promenade
hasHeritage Roman archaeological heritage
medieval Bulgarian heritage
hasLanguage Bulgarian
hasMinorityGroup Roma
Turks
hasReligiousSite Silistra Roman tomb
hasTransport river port
road connections to Ruse
road connections to Varna
historicalName Dorostol
Durostorum
is cultural center of Dobruja
economic center of Dobruja
historic city
locatedIn Balkans
surface form: Balkan Peninsula

Europe
Silistra Municipality
Silistra Province
northeastern Bulgaria
locatedNear Romanian city of Călărași
locatedOnRiver Danube
surface form: Danube River
majorityReligion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
partOf Dobruja
timezone Eastern European Time
timezoneDST Eastern European Summer Time
wasImportantIn First Bulgarian Empire
Roman Empire
Second Bulgarian Empire
wasRomanFortress true

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dobruja containsCity Silistra
Siege of Silistra location Silistra
Durostorum modernSuccessor Silistra
Northern Bulgaria hasCity Silistra
Siege of Dorostolon location Silistra